Sus Pentatonic Scale

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The sus pentatonic scale is the second mode of the major pentatonic scale. The name sus pentatonic is not in common use, but the name fits the scale well, because the scale generates a sus7 chord and is therefore used over these chords:

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Sus Pentatonic Scale