theory

Pentatonic Major Scale Intro

April 22, 2011

Pentatonic Major Scale – A very popular scale Quick Pentatonic Intro… There is a reason why I chose to write this lesson after I had written the Major Scale lesson in this site. There is also a reason I’m placing it under the Major Scale lesson in terms of order in the lesson list. I, [...]

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Pentatonic Major First Mode

April 21, 2011

The First Position of the Pentatonic Major Scale In keeping in line with the other lessons, we will be doing the major pentatonic scale in the key of G. This means that our minor pentatonic will be done in it’s relative minor, the key of E minor. Don’t forget you can transpose the scale to [...]

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Pentatonic Major Second Mode

April 20, 2011

The Second Position of the Pentatonic Major Scale Continuing in the key of G major we will now play the second position or mode of the G major pentatonic scale. The second note in the scale of G major pentatonic is A, so we will begin this second mode on the A at the 6th [...]

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Pentatonic Major Third Mode

April 19, 2011

The Third Position of the Major Pentatonic Scale Continuing in the key of G major we will now play the third position or mode of the G major pentatonic scale. The third note in the scale of G major pentatonic is B, so we will begin this third mode on the B at the 6th [...]

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Pentatonic Major Fourth Mode

April 18, 2011

The Fourth Position of the Pentatonic Major Scale Continuing in the key of G major we will now play the fourth position or mode of the G major pentatonic scale. The fourth note in the scale of G major pentatonic is D, so we will begin this fourth mode on the D at the 6th [...]

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Pentatonic Major Fifth Mode

April 17, 2011

The Fifth Position of the Pentatonic Major Scale Continuing in the key of G major we will now play the fifth position or mode of the G major pentatonic scale. Earlier I mentioned that G major’s relative minor is E. So this means that the fifth position of the major pentatonic scale is also the [...]

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Pentatonic Major Key

April 16, 2011

All the positions of the pentatonic major scale put together. This is it! Now that you know every position of the major pentatonic scale it’s time to put them all together as one big entity. Look closely at the diagram below. See how all the positions and mode patterns interject. Notice that the notes on [...]

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