PENTATONICS SCALE, FORMULA & MY PERSONAL APPROACH

Pentatonic scale are five note scale. There are many different pentatonic scale scales and we will start with the major pentatonic scale.

The Formula for Major Pentatonic is 1 2 3 5 6, in C it will be C D E G A note. the notes are below.

Since I use G Major pentatonic, I also give the G major Pentatonic, the notes are G A B D and E.

In C Major Pentatonic, the name also A minor Pentatonic, came from the relative minor name. In G Major Pentatonic, the relative would be E Minor Pentatonic. Now we know that by knowing the Major Pentatonic, we automatically learn also Minor Pentatonic.

Below I Give the common shape of Pentatonic.

I believe many of us know that shape but sometimes the way we play pentatonic looks and sound similar to other, because we play according to the shape above. Here I give other perspective to the Pentatatonic Approach.

The idea is to learn the shape horizontally, not vertically. So we I show the shape in 2 strings. Here they are.

The sequence in string 6 (E) and 5(A)



The sequence in string 5(A) and 4(D)



The sequence in string 4(D) and 3(G)



The sequence in string 3(D) and 2(B)


The sequence in string 2(B) and 1(E)

I hope by learning that sequence above, we will have "another road" to express our pentatonic scale.