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    Guitar Theory Pentatonic Scales II

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    The document discusses major and minor pentatonic scales used in guitar playing. It provides fretboard diagrams of the notes in each scale and explains that pentatonic scales eliminate the 4th and 7th notes of their relative major/minor scales, making them easier to remember and apply to multiple chords. Charts listing the notes for each key's major and minor pentatonic scales are also included.

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    Guitar Theory Pentatonic Scales II

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    The document discusses major and minor pentatonic scales used in guitar playing. It provides fretboard diagrams of the notes in each scale and explains that pentatonic scales eliminate the 4th and 7th notes of their relative major/minor scales, making them easier to remember and apply to multiple chords. Charts listing the notes for each key's major and minor pentatonic scales are also included.

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    The document discusses major and minor pentatonic scales used in guitar playing. It provides fretboard diagrams of the notes in each scale and explains that pentatonic scales eliminate the 4th and 7th notes of their relative major/minor scales, making them easier to remember and apply to multiple chords. Charts listing the notes for each key's major and minor pentatonic scales are also included.

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    Guitar Theory Pentatonic Scales II

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    The document discusses major and minor pentatonic scales used in guitar playing. It provides fretboard diagrams of the notes in each scale and explains that pentatonic scales eliminate the 4th and 7th notes of their relative major/minor scales, making them easier to remember and apply to multiple chords. Charts listing the notes for each key's major and minor pentatonic scales are also included.

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    Guitar theory: Pentatonic Scales

    Tried and true, this is the scale we all love to use. Guitar legends have been made from this scale. The
    good news is that its one of the easiest scales to remember and it fits in just about everyones style in
    some way or another. Its commonly used in country, jazz, rock, metal, folk, everything.
    Major Pentatonic Scale
    Lets start with the entatonic major scale. !elow is the fretboard chart "in #$ for it then well talk about
    whats going on in it.
    #bove you can see that there seems to be fewer notes than the major and minor scales. Its true. The
    major %entatonic eliminates the &th and the 'th of the major scale. This may be the reason it is easier to
    remember. #lso by eliminating the (th it makes the scale more universally usable. The (th note,
    remember, sets the flavor of the chord. )ithout defining it the scale can fit over more chords.
    *very single major %entatonic scale for every single key signature follows the same %attern+
    W ... W ... W + H ... W ...W + H
    or
    Whole step - Whole step - Whole step and a half - Whole step - Whole step and a half
    # ste% is the distance between , notes+ half ste% - . fret whole ste% - , frets
    /n the guitar you can %lay a whole major scale u% to the .,th fret and see the %attern on one string.
    # very good idea would be to try to memorize or learn the major %entatonic scale for each of the keys
    # through G. !elow is a chart that shows every keys major %entatonic scale.
    Tonic "major %entatonic scale$ ,nd 0rd 1th 'th
    # ! 23 * 43
    ! 23 53 43 G3
    2 5 * G #
    5 * 43 # !
    * 43 G3 ! 23
    4 G # 2 5
    G # ! 5 *
    Minor Pentatonic Scale
    The minor %entatonic %retty much is the major %entatonic scale e6ce%t you shift the tonic, or .st note to
    0 frets below. 7o the charts notes remain the same but the root or tonic is different. Take a look.
    I made a mistake on the strin!... the "lue fretted note on the #rd fret should actually "e on the
    $nd fret. My "ad yo. hehe
    #bove you can see that there seems to be fewer notes than the major and minor scales. Its true. The
    major %entatonic eliminates the &th and the 'th of the major scale. This may be the reason it is easier to
    remember. #lso by eliminating the (th it makes the scale more universally usable. The (th note,
    remember, sets the flavor of the chord. )ithout defining it the scale can fit over more chords. *very
    single major %entatonic scale for every single key signature follows the same %attern+
    W + H ... W ... W ... W + H ... W
    or
    Whole step and a half - Whole step - Whole step - Whole step and a half - Whole step
    # ste% is the distance between , notes+ half ste% - . fret whole ste% - , frets
    So here are the notes for all of the minor pentatonic scales
    Tonic "minor %entatonic scale$ flat 0rd &th 1th flat (th
    # 2 5 * G
    ! 5 * 43 #
    2 *b 4 G !b
    5 4 G # 2
    * G # ! 5
    4 #b !b 2 *b
    G !b 2 5 4
    7o obviously these two scales are related because each major %entatonic shares the same notes with its
    %entatonic minor scale. 8ere are the scales as they relate.
    9ajor entatonic
    7cale
    :elative 9inor
    entatonic 7cale
    # 43m
    ! G3m
    2 #m
    5 !m
    * 23m
    4 5m
    G *m

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