F Whole Tone Pentatonic Guitar Scale

F Whole Tone Pentatonic in Open G — Notes and Intervals

The F Whole Tone Pentatonic scale is a weightless and tonally ambiguous five-note scale. On Guitar, the notes are F, A, B, Db, Eb. Because it lacks a traditional center, it creates a blurring effect, making it highly effective for dream sequences, transitions, and creating a sense of suspended reality in film scores. Commonly used in Film Scores, Ambient, Impressionist, Experimental. Notable players include Claude Debussy, Bill Frisell. Use over augmented chords, whole tone passages. Effective for creating a sense of suspended reality.

Notes: F, A, B, Db, Eb

Intervals: 1P, 3M, 5d, 6m, 7m

Degrees: 1 2 3 b4 b5

Formula: 4-W-W-W-W

Number of notes: 5

Tuning: Open G (D-B-G-D-G-D)

Explore This Scale in Other Tunings

• F Whole Tone Pentatonic in Standard Tuning
• F Whole Tone Pentatonic in Drop D
• F Whole Tone Pentatonic in DADGAD
• F Whole Tone Pentatonic in Baritone (B Standard)
• F Whole Tone Pentatonic in 7-string
• F Whole Tone Pentatonic in 8-string
• F Whole Tone Pentatonic in Drop C
• F Whole Tone Pentatonic in Drop B
• F Whole Tone Pentatonic in Open D
• F Whole Tone Pentatonic in Half Step Down
• F Whole Tone Pentatonic in Open E
• F Whole Tone Pentatonic in Open A
• F Whole Tone Pentatonic in Double Drop D
• F Whole Tone Pentatonic in Open C

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