How to Form a Minor Pentatonic on the Key Board
Whether you want to play jazz or classical musical on a keyboard, the minor pentatonic scale and the chords formed with it are very crucial elements in any form of music. Learning this scale is simple and it can be applied to any key anywhere on the keyboard. The minor pentatonic scale is different than the major pentatonic scale because the steps, or intervals, between the notes are reordered in to another distinctive pattern. The basic pattern of a minor pentatonic scale in any key is: a whole step plus a half step (also called a "minor third"), whole step, whole step, whole step plus a half step, and finally a whole step to take you to the beginning of the scale.
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Instructions
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Instructions
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Place your thumb on middle C, which will make this a minor pentatonic scale in the key of C. Play that note.
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Move your index finger up a whole step and a half step to E flat. This note is the second black key away from middle C. Play that note.
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Move your middle finger up another whole step to F. This note is two white keys away from E flat and exactly five keys away from middle C. Play this note.
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Move your thumb and hand up one position. Place your thumb on the G note. This note is one white key or a whole step away from F. Play this note.
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Move your index finger up another whole step and a half step to B flat. This note is three notes away or the second black key away from G. Play that note.
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Move your finger up one more whole step to C. This note is the next highest octave of middle C and is located 12 notes away. Play that note to complete the scale.
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Tips & Warnings
This scale is movable around the keyboard.
You can form many minor chords off the minor pentatonic scale by adding one or two notes to the scale.
