Scale of the Week - G major b2 b6 Pentatonic

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G major b2 b6 Pentatonic

A 5-note scale with the root on the fourth string (5th fret - D string). This is a movable pattern, so learn it in all keys.

Notes / Intervals

G - 1
Ab - b2/b9
(this interval gives it an altered dominant sound)
B - 3 (this note gives it a major tonality)
C - 4/11
Eb - b6/b13 (this interval gives it an altered dominant sound)

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Backing Track

Backing tracks created with Band in a Box

This can be used over any altered dominant chord based on the same root. It also has a similar function to the fifth mode of the Harmonic Minor scale ( Phrygian Dominant). The backing track is a Abmaj7 - G7b13 progression

Scale of the Week Backing Track














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