The Major Pentatonic Scale |
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Jul 6 2007, 12:01 AM |
The Major Pentatonic Scale Introduction Our next scale is the Major Pentatonic scale. Closely related to the Minor Pentatonic scale, it can be regarded as a Minor scale with a couple of notes missing. The Major Pentatonic Scale The Major Pentatonic scale is a 5 note scale, built using the formula: 2 2 3 2 3 Lets have a look at how we would build a scale of G Major Pentatonic. Our root note is G, and building up from the formula we get the following notes: G + 2 semitones = A A + 2 semitones = B B + 3 semitones = D D + 2 semitones = E E + 3 semitones = G Giving us the notes G, A, B, D, E, G, and as usual you can apply this formula with any other root note to get the exact scale that you want. On the Fretboard How do we play this on the guitar? Well, sticking with our G Major scale, we can construct 5 different boxes, one for each note of the scale. Here they are: I give you the Major Pentatonic scale! This post has been edited by Andrew Cockburn: Jul 9 2007, 06:25 PM -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile
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