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The black keys
One more look at what you missed.
The five black keys are a pentatonic scale too.
A group of two and a group of three: five notes, with no half steps between them.
Hear the black keys, one after another.
From the first key of the group of three, up to the same key again.
No sound? Check your volume, and that your phone is not on silent.
Play only black keys, in any order you like.
Every mix sounds fine together. There is no half step to rub.
Two black keys side by side in a group: how far apart?
From G flat, the black keys are G flat major pentatonic.
G flat, A flat, B flat, D flat, E flat: degrees 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 of G flat major.
“Amazing Grace” starts on black keys only.
Every note of this tune is in the black-key pentatonic.
Which degrees of the major scale do the black keys leave out?
The same shape works from any note, black or white.
On the black keys it is easy to see. Next you build it from C.
The black keys from G flat: which scale are they?
You know the black-key pentatonic.
What you learned
- The five black keys form a major pentatonic scale.
- From G flat, it is G flat major pentatonic.
- With no half steps, any mix of black keys sounds fine.
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