Soon you will see in the article “ Introduction to blues” that the pentatonic scale is the master queen of this style. But the pentatonic, in addition to being able to be used in these contexts, can still be used in other contexts where the natural major and minor scales cannot (we have one more reason for you to like it!).Īn example is blues. We have already mentioned that the pentatonic scales (major and minor) can be used in the same place where the major natural and minor natural scales are used, respectively. Tonic – Minor 3rd – Perfect 4th – Perfect 5th – Minor 7th Tonic – Major 2nd – Major 3rd – Perfect 5th – Major 6th See an example of the major and minor pentatonic scales on the keyboard below: A minor is relative to C, remember?! If this is not in your blood yet, go back and study the relative minor, apply it, then continue your journey, because accumulating knowledge not to use and then forget it is a total waste of time! It would be more worthwhile to spend your time watching Netflix or playing Angry Birds… Pentatonic scale on the Piano/Keyboard We chose to show the C major pentatonic and the A minor pentatonic because these two scales contain the same notes. Note: The normal thing would be to start and end with the same note in the shape of a scale, but we prefer to end the scale with another note here in these shapes so that you understand the logic of the scale on the fretboard. In other words, it removed degrees 2 and 6! In other words, degrees 4 and 7 were removed! The minor pentatonic took degrees 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7 of the minor scale. Note that the major pentatonic took 5 notes of the major scale, as we have already commented, and these were degrees 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6. Now see a shape for the A minor pentatonic scale:Ĭompare these scales (C pentatonic and A minor pentatonic) with the scales of C major and A minor, respectively. The major pentatonic scale contains 5 notes of the major scale, and the minor pentatonic scale contains 5 notes of the minor scale.Ī shape for the C major pentatonic scale can be: The pentatonic scale can be major or minor.
If you don’t have a keyboard, don’t worry, we will explain in detail how this scale is formed. There are many shapes for pentatonic scales this example of the black keys was just one that facilitates observation because it is very practical. Okay, if you’ve never heard the pentatonic scale in your life, go to a keyboard or piano and play the black keys one after the other. The pentatonic scale played back and forth is cool, from front to back it is also cool, from middle to end, from end to beginning, from beginning to middle, cool, cool, cool.
Just memorize the pentatonic scale and when you improvise a song on the major tonality, instead of “elaborating” a sentence with the major scale you play the pentatonic scale which is already guaranteed success! Okay, it is a reason for celebration: the pentatonic scale has notes that when played generate a pleasant melody, even if it is only the execution of the scale up and down. When the major scale stops having 7 notes and starts to have 5, it gets the name of Penta. The pentatonic scale chose 5 of these notes and created another scale. We know that the major scale has 7 notes.
The concept is very simple: the major pentatonic scale is a collection of notes from the major scale. Today it is not so easy to get rich by playing the pentatonic scale, after all, any beginner musician already learns to use this scale (and usually spends the rest of his life doing just that). A few decades ago, some musicians made millions on just playing that scale. And it is not difficult to find out why everyone uses this scale to exhaustion: it is easy to do and easy to apply. The pentatonic scale is the guru of improvisers.
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