Lesson 12

The word Pentatonic simply means 5 note Scale. There are different kinds of 5 note scales in the world of music, but when the word Pentatonic is used it is usually reffering to the scale based off of the Major Scale the we use in Western Music.

The Major Pentatonic Scale has inversions, or forms where you start the same scale from a different note, in the same way that the modes are derived from the Major Scale. The two most widely used forms are the Major Pentatonic, and the minor pentatonic. These are the two i will show, but the others can be easily figured out afterwards on your own with a small amount of effort.