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Fig. 1 · Gb minor pentatonic on the keyboard

piano scale

G♭ minor pentatonic

G♭1B♭♭♭3C♭4D♭5F♭♭7

Major pentatonic started from its fifth note. The first scale most guitarists learn.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are F♯ minor pentatonic.

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Written out

Fig. 2 · Gb minor pentatonic, ascending

Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.

The step pattern

G♭W+HB♭♭WC♭WD♭W+HF♭WG♭

What is true of it

G♭ minor pentatonic is G♭, B♭♭, C♭, D♭ and F♭, and back to G♭.

Its steps are W+H – W – W – W+H – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.

Written correctly it needs 6 alterations, B♭♭ among them. That is what the letters force, and it is also why nobody writes music in this key: the same notes spelled from the other side are easier to read.

Chords made only of these notes

G♭mminorG♭m7minor seventh

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 5 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on G♭

G♭ major pentatonicpentatonicG♭ bluespentatonicG♭ major bluespentatonicG♭ majormajorG♭ natural minorminorG♭ harmonic minorminor

C min pentC♯ min pentD♭ min pentD min pentD♯ min pentE♭ min pentE min pentF min pentall 374