The Pentatonic Scale. Pentatonic scales have only five notes (“penta” means “five”). There are two common pentatonic scales: the major pentatonic and the minor pentatonic. Major Pentatonic Scale. The major pentatonic scale shares five notes with the major scale.
This PDF contains the diagrams for all the Major and minor Pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. You can get more diagrams in the tuning of your choice by using my interactive web app HERE. I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to learn in order to memorize the scales in all keys.
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Major Pentatonic scales with note letters (sheet music PDF) The Minor and Major Pentatonic scales in musical notation are available in the member area. The scales (without note names and including the Dominant Pentatonic) in all keys can be downloaded as PDF-files.
This is a short introduction to the Major and Minor Pentatonic scales. It shows you diagrams for both scales in all 12 keys as well as the five scale patterns that make learning the scales easy.
Pentatonic scales can be both major and minor in tonality. The major pentatonic scale contains the following intervals: 1 2 3 5 6. The minor pentatonic scale contains the following intervals: 1 b3 4 5 b7. Pentatonic scales are incredibly popular because of their lack of half steps.
You can locate major pentatonic scales all over the neck by going through the minor pentatonics. You won’t have to memorize a whole new batch of scale shapes for major pentatonic. We will use the concept of major and relative minor to easily tackle major pentatonic scales across the neck.
Scale Compendium, often referred to as the “Major (326) or Minor (330) Pentatonic Scale”* 4 ), play the shapes found in the exercises, but replace the written notes with the notes of your chos en scale.
Both the major and minor pentatonic scales can be used when playing blues music, depending on the key you are playing in. However, the addition of a “blue” note to each of the scales is particularly effective in creating that bluesy feel to your music.