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R234p567Each colour is a scale degree, counted from the key. A ♭ or ♯ note keeps its degree's colour: ♭3 is still amber.
A Man gong (blues minor)
Minor 3rd, 4th, ♭6 and ♭7, with no 2nd and no 5th. Dark, heavy, brooding.
Where you hear it: Minor riffs that lean on the ♭6; over minor chords with a ♭6 colour.
Key signature 1♭ (B♭)as F major / D minor
Degrees R b3 4 b6 b7·Step pattern W+H – W – W+H – W – W
- Cut from A Phrygian: leave out its 2nd (B♭) and 5th (E).
- Same five notes: F major pentatonic, D minor pentatonic, G suspended pentatonic, C Ritusen
A Man gong on the guitar
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ShapesThe five pentatonic boxes
Extra notes
Pick a position below to outline it on the neck.
in A Man gong: playedother notes of Phrygian: not playedPlay runs up the position from its lowest note and back down; Sample melody plays a short tune using only its notes. Tap a position's name to see it on the neck.