How to Play The Major Pentatonic Scale in Music

Lets take a peak at a simplified relative of the Major Scale: The Major Pentatonic Scale.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Taken the lesson on the Major Scale

1. Remember with ascending notes we have A,A#,B,C,C#,D,D#,E,F,F#,G and G#, and with descening notes we have G, Gb,F,E,Eb,D,Db,C,B,Bb,A,Ab.

2. Describe a half step. When we go from one tone to its neighboring tone (like C to C#, or E to F, or G to Gb) that distance is called a half-step.

3. Describe a whole step. When we go from one tone to a tone two spots away (like C to D, or E to F#, or G to A) that distance is called a whole step.

4. The major pentatonic scale is scale degrees 1,2,3,,5,and 6 or you could say the root, major 2nd, major 3rd, perfect 4th, perfect 5th, and a major 6th. So the C minor pentatonic scale is C,Eb,F,G, and Bb. Its called pentatonic because the scale contains 5 notes.

5. Continue to the enharmonic respelling of diminished seventh chords to learn, play, and read about more music scales!

Tips & Warnings

• wear a seatbelt
• don't run with scissors

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