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Five notes, no half steps
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Listen to a scale with only five different notes.
It sounds open and easy, like a folk tune.
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Take C major and leave out degrees 4 and 7.
That removes F and B. What is left is C, D, E, G and A.
Which two notes of C major are left out?
F and B are the notes that make the half steps.
C major's half steps are E–F and B–C. Remove F and B, and both are gone.
Hear the major scale, then the five-note one.
No half steps in the second: nothing rubs.
In this scale, how far is E up to G?
This is the major pentatonic scale.
Penta means five. It is the major scale without its two half steps.
Play only C, D, E, G and A, in any order.
Make up a tune. With these five notes, it is hard to sound wrong.
How many half steps does the major pentatonic have?
You know the major pentatonic.
What you learned
- The major pentatonic is the major scale without degrees 4 and 7.
- That removes both half steps, so nothing rubs.
- In C, it is C, D, E, G and A.
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