whats the differnce between them if they use the same notes and played in thw same shape if u know what i mean
Great answer Coram - but please allow the instructor the courtesy of first reply on their own personal boards!
My bad, no offense inteneded. Didnt even think about that.
Sorry for the late answer!
Coram is right though.
To understand better, let's compare the notes of A minor pentatonic and C Major pentatonic:
A minor pentatonic:
A-C-D-E-G
C Major pentatonic:
C-D-E-G-A
You can see that both of these pentatonics share the same notes. The only difference is the root. A minor pentatonic is the relative minor to C Major pentatonic.
Playing these notes without a steady bass in the back, or a chord won't really illustrate this. But if you play these 5 notes with an A on bass, all the notes that you will play will be measured according to that bass. With an A on bass, the scale will sound like a minor pentatonic.
On the other hand, if we change the bass to C, the same notes will have a different feel since measured to that new bass. Playing a C on bass while playing that scale will sound like a C Major pentatonic.
That is because if you play for example G over an A bass note, that G will be a minor 7th. If you play that same G over a C bass note, that G will become a 5th.
To resume, each note played by itself doesn't mean anything. A note becomes meaningful when it can be compared to another one. In this case, the root.
I hope this makes sense!
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