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Play with your music theory:
meet the black keys
G♭ major
pentatonic
The G♭major
scale without
the 4th or 7th
scale degrees
E♭ minor
pentatonic
The E♭ natural
minor scale
without the 2nd
or 6th scale
degrees
The pentatonic scale is very ancient
Wulf Hein, an
“experimental
archaeologist,”
plays a replica of
a 30,000 year old
bone flute tuned
to a distinct major
pentatonic scale
in The Cave of
Forgotten
Dreams
E♭ blues
The E♭ minor
pentatonic
scale plus the
note in
between the 4th
and 5th scale
degrees
The blues: Major? Minor? Neither? Both?

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