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← E𝄫 Major on Guitar

E𝄫 Major — In Thirds

Scales harmonised in thirds are a core jazz, classical, and fingerstyle drill — each beat is a two-note voicing of the scale tone plus a diatonic third above. The intervals alternate between major and minor thirds depending on the scale degree.

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Engraved by Verovio 6.2.0-43f8060 2 3 4 5 title E𝄫 Major — In Thirds
Verovio
Tempo120 bpm

Playback sounds an octave below the written notation — the instrument's concert (sounding) pitch.

Audio source: tonejs-instruments by Nick Brosowsky (MIT)

Related scales

RelativeC♭ Natural MinorSame seven notes, tonic on the 6th degree — your access to the related minor key.ParallelE𝄫 Natural MinorSame tonic, the parallel minor — the deepest mode flip in tonal music.Up a fifthB𝄫 MajorOne sharp brighter on the circle of fifths.Up a fourthA𝄫 MajorOne flat darker on the circle of fifths.One note differentE𝄫 LydianRaise the 4th — the bright, floating Lydian colour.One note differentE𝄫 MixolydianLower the 7th — folk, blues-rock, Celtic vocabulary.SubsetE𝄫 Pentatonic MajorFive notes from the same scale — the bedrock pentatonic.ExoticE𝄫 Harmonic MajorBorrow the ♭6 from minor — operatic edge, IV / iv6 colour.

Same presentation in other keys