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G♭ flat six pentatonic Scale — Guitar Fretboard Visualization

Low E string: Gb, Ab, Bb, Db, Ebb at frets 2, 4, 6, 9, 10

A string: Bb, Db, Ebb, Gb, Ab at frets 1, 4, 5, 9, 11

D string: Ebb, Gb, Ab, Bb, Db, Ebb at frets 0, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12

G string: Ab, Bb, Db, Ebb, Gb at frets 1, 3, 6, 7, 11

B string: Db, Ebb, Gb, Ab, Bb at frets 2, 3, 7, 9, 11

High E string: Gb, Ab, Bb, Db, Ebb at frets 2, 4, 6, 9, 10

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Gb flat six pentatonic

The flat six pentatonic is a major pentatonic with its 6th pushed down a half step: root, 2nd, major 3rd, 5th, flat 6th. The b6 leaning against the 5th injects harmonic-major darkness into an otherwise sunny scale, a striking effect over a plain major triad. It suits players hunting for major-key lines that avoid the obvious.

it consists of these notes and degrees:

G♭

I

A♭

II

B♭

III

D♭

V

E𝄫

bVI

Same notes, different mode

Gb flat six pentatonic uses the same notes as the scales below. Start from a different note and you get a new mode built on the very same note set.

D lydian #5P pentatonic

flat six pentatonic in all 12 keys, with chords and related scales

tip
  • Major pentatonic with its 6th pushed to b6 (D): sunny lines that suddenly sigh; place the b6 (D) to V fall at phrase ends.
  • Over a plain major triad on Gb, the b6 (D) borrows harmonic-major darkness without leaving pentatonic fingering.
  • Keep the b6 (D) off strong beats under a major chord... as a passing shadow it is striking, sustained it argues with the 6th-less chord.
  • Pair phrases: one from the normal major pentatonic, the answer from this scale; the single changed note becomes the story.

How to play G♭ flat six pentatonic on guitar

One open string is in the key, the D, and it functions as Ebb rather than a root, letting it work as passing colour beside the fret-4 D-string root. Everything else is fretted, roots at 2 on both E strings, 7 on the B, 9 on the A and 11 on the G. Lowest of those is the low E at 2, which lets the E-shape barre live down near the nut with the box above it. Capo 2 turns it into E shapes.

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