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← F𝄪 Major on Guitar

F𝄪 Major — In Sixths

Scales harmonised in sixths are a classical guitar staple (think Sor / Carcassi studies) and a jazz-comping vocabulary basic. Each beat voices the scale tone with the diatonic sixth above.

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Engraved by Verovio 6.2.0-43f8060 2 3 4 title F𝄪 Major — In Sixths
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

RelativeD𝄪 Natural MinorSame seven notes, tonic on the 6th degree — your access to the related minor key.ParallelF𝄪 Natural MinorSame tonic, the parallel minor — the deepest mode flip in tonal music.Up a fifthC𝄪 MajorOne sharp brighter on the circle of fifths.Up a fourthB♯ MajorOne flat darker on the circle of fifths.One note differentF𝄪 LydianRaise the 4th — the bright, floating Lydian colour.One note differentF𝄪 MixolydianLower the 7th — folk, blues-rock, Celtic vocabulary.SubsetF𝄪 Pentatonic MajorFive notes from the same scale — the bedrock pentatonic.ExoticF𝄪 Harmonic MajorBorrow the ♭6 from minor — operatic edge, IV / iv6 colour.

Same presentation in other keys