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There are two common pentatonic scales: the major pentatonic and the minor pentatonic. The major pentatonic scale shares five notes with the major scale. The first, second, third, fifth, and sixth notes of the major scale become the five notes in the major pentatonic scale. Remember the relative minor 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.
The major pentatonic scale consists of scale degrees 1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 6. You might think of it as a major scale with the 4th and 7th removed. It is a very useful scale for improvising over major chords because, of the five notes in the scale, three of them are chord tones – 1, 3 and 5.
Pentatonic scales are incredibly popular because of their lack of half steps. This gives the scales a vocal quality that makes them super easy for making melodies. There are no shortage of great players who played the pentatonic scales exclusively. These should sound extremely familiar to …
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.
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.
The Major Pentatonic Scale | Guitar Shapes And Theory
Here are the five positions of the major scale starting on each degree (1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 6) of the major pentatonic scale. Guitar Scale Dictionary This E-book is a printable PDF method including over 700 scale diagrams and formula charts for guitarists.
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.
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Above is the A major pentatonic scale shown in 5 positions. The root notes [ in this case A ], are shown by the black dots, the other notes in the scale are shown by the red dots.