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Oct 25 2014, 05:28 PM
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Hello all,
This may seem like an odd question and I don't really know why I want to know  How was it decided or calculated which five degrees should be in the pentatonic scale? Cheers Phil -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE  “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Oct 25 2014, 05:40 PM
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There are many pentatonic scales. Not just the one we guitar players usually play.
Any 5 tones from a scale can be called a pentatonic scale. For example, this is a really cool penta scale: A Bb D E G -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Oct 25 2014, 05:57 PM
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Thank you
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Oct 25 2014, 07:42 PM
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Ken is right - "penta" name comes from scale having 5 notes.
What is interesting though is that some scales, like the pentatonic major and minor ones become embedded into our ears and culture over time. I saw ones a video on youtube with experiment where people would sing the next note in the scale and usually they would get it right. Pentatonic scale sounds natural to us, expected and at some point it might have sounded even dissonant to some people. I think flavour for what is dissonant sounding and what isn't shifts over time among people. I'm still interested to know more in depth why those 5 notes exactly were chosen for a major pentatonic scale for example. Never really thought about it in those terms. -------------------- For GMC support please email support (at) guitarmasterclass.net
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Oct 25 2014, 07:51 PM
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QUOTE (Bogdan Radovic @ Oct 25 2014, 07:42 PM)  I'm still interested to know more in depth why those 5 notes exactly were chosen for a major pentatonic scale for example. Never really thought about it in those terms. Thanks Bogdan, that's what I was trying to say  Phil -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Oct 26 2014, 03:18 PM
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I'm not sure if it's nature or nuture but it's ingrained in us
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Oct 27 2014, 11:21 AM
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QUOTE (PosterBoy @ Oct 26 2014, 04:18 PM) I'm not sure if it's nature or nuture but it's ingrained in us Thanks for sharing this - that is the video I was referring to It is really interesting to see such a live experiment. -------------------- For GMC support please email support (at) guitarmasterclass.net
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