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Tag: b5 note

November 30, 2008May 15, 2019MK guitar style and licks, Understanding music

Mark Knopfler licks using the b5 note

The b5 notes means the flattened fifth note of any scale. If we have e.g. a  C-major scale (c – d -e -f -g – a – b – c ), the fifth note is the g , and if this note is flattened, we get the gb. The same logic works with any major or minor (or other) scale. The following video demonstrates the usage and the position of […]

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