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	Guitar Nine Records - Guest Column: Modal Applications Of The Pentatonic Scale
		The pentatonic scale is full of 4ths and 5ths intervals, try to take advantage of them as much as you can.
		The reason I picked these pentatonic scales is because for the Cmaj9 chord all I have to do is move the G# minor pentatonic scale up a half step to an A minor pentatonic scale.
		This application of the minor pentatonic scale played on the 2nd of the minor chord will give you the major sixth which is "dorian" by nature so I tend to think of this scale used in this context as the "dorian" pentatonic.
	www.guitar9.com /columnist390.html (2325 words)

	Pentatonic scale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pentatonic scales are very common, and found all over the world: in the tuning of the Ethiopian krar and the Indonesian gamelan, in the melodies of African-American spirituals and of French composer Claude Debussy.
		The major pentatonic scale can also be seen as all the pitches that are not present in the major scale: in C major, the remaining pitches are G flat, A flat, B flat, D flat, and E flat, the notes in the G flat major pentatonic scale.
		The major pentatonic scale is the basic scale of the music of China; the minor pentatonic is used in Appalachian folk music.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pentatonic_scale (611 words)

	The pentatonic scale (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		2 types of pentatonic scales are found: the major pentatonic and the minor pentatonic.
		The minor pentatonic is based on the minor scale.
		A minor pentatonic A C D E G (A) I II III IV VI The major pentatonic is based on the major scale.
	www.geocities.com /SunsetStrip/Stadium/9615/scale_p.html (169 words)

	A major / F# minor Pentatonic Scale
		Pentatonic scales consist of 5 notes, hence the "penta" prefix.
		The minor pentatonic scale can be considered a derivative of a minor scale based on the sixth degree (aeolian or natural minor for you modal guys and gals) of a major key with the 2nd and 6th omitted.
		Pentatonic scales are heavily used in country, rock, and blues.
	www.daddydoodle.com /afspenta.htm (549 words)

	Pentatonic scale - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Another construction, derived from Western European classical music, begins with a major scale and omits the fourth and the seventh scale degrees: a C major scale is {C, D, E, F, G, A, B}, so omitting the F and B again results in the sequence {C, D, E, G, A}.
		A minor version of the pentatonic scale is obtained by using the same notes as in the major pentatonic scale, but starting one step lower to obtain the tonic note; an A minor pentatonic scale is A, C, D, E, G: Missing image
		Both the major and the minor pentatonic scale are commonly used scales in jazz.
	www.northmiami.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Pentatonic (651 words)

	Pentatonic recorders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		If a pentatonic melody is compared to a diatonic one, the pentatonic version will seem to be more open and freer than the more ‘fixed’ diatonic melody.
		Pentatonic melodies are, perhaps, closer to heaven, closer to the cosmos than those based on major or minor diatonic scales.
		Pentatonic music can also be played on the white notes of the piano — for example by leaving out the notes C and F and only using D, E, G, A, B. Rudolf Steiner especially recommends this sequence for smaller children.
	www.kunath.com /en-us/dept_5.html (707 words)

	January 2, 2003 - Modes of the pentatonic scales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		So, a pentatonic major scale is a scale of five distinct notes with a major chord built on the 1.
		So, a pentatonic minor scale is a scale of five distinct notes with a minor chord built on the 1.
		The Pentatonic scale is heard in many different cultures around the world, in musics as diverse as scottish and chinese.
	members.aol.com /snglstringtheory/archive/jan2.html (1838 words)

	Jazz Bulletin Board - pentatonic scales
		Pentatonics is something that I have been working on lately but mostly as a technical thing but it's creeping into my playing.
		Pentatonics basically to my ears are an easy way to make sense out of sequences to get in and outside of tonality.
		Chromatic is to diatonic as diatonic is to pentatonic.
	forums.allaboutjazz.com /showthread.php?t=6167 (1701 words)

	D major / B minor Pentatonic Scale
		The major pentatonic scale can be considered a derivative of a "regular" major scale.
		In other words, a country tune in the key of D requires that we use a D major pentatonic scale.
		The notes given are at home from both a D major pentatonic point of view and a B minor pentatonic perspective.
	www.daddydoodle.com /dbpenta.htm (551 words)

	Free online guitar lessons and instructional DVD, video and books for guitar and bass.
		The “major pentatonic scale”, as it's called, is the root, second, third, fifth and sixth degrees of a major scale.
		Below is a common fingering for a C major pentatonic with the root on the sixth string, eighth fret.
		C major pentatonic and A minor pentatonic are the same scale.
	www.guitaraxis.com /ArticleDetail.asp?ID=930 (1299 words)

	Chodosh Guitar \| Pentatonic Modal Studies
		What I've done is link five sets of pentatonic scales: minor, major and minor flat five (or half diminished) to the corresponding chord.
		Regarding the form for each scale: I do not use the relative major or minor pentatonic scales in the same study but use (instead) the scale that would start at the same point on the guitar.
		Each pentatonic scale in this study has two notes per string so the scales will correspond to the lower or the higher note on the string that has the root note on it.
	www.chodoshguitar.com /lessons/special-studies/pm (310 words)

	Taylor Guitars \| 411 Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In a pentatonic scale, the tones are arranged like a major scale with the 4th and 7th tones omitted, leaving you with these five notes — the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th.
		In terms of improvisation, the scale usually used is a tonic major pentatonic scale or its relative-minor pentatonic scale.
		For example, when playing over the Dmin7, combine the C major pentatonic scale forms IV and V. Think of it as one large scale form and try playing in a more random fashion, making use of the more “linear” possibilities now that there are three notes available per string.
	www.taylorguitars.com /artists/411/wayne_scales.html (2964 words)

	Sax on the Web > Rock&Roll > Pentatonic and Blues Scales
		Pentatonic and blues scales are used extensively in blues, RandB, rock and roll, funk, and some, but not all, jazz.
		The best way to use pentatonic and blues scales is to use them sparingly, interchanging them with chord tones and chord scales derived from the chord changes.
		Pentatonic scales are 5 note scales; there are many possibilities.
	www.saxontheweb.net /Rock_n_Roll/RockSax05.html (1288 words)

	Pentatonic Guitar Scale Books/Videos/DVD - Buy/Purchase Online
		The notes in each scale are indentical, however due to the tonic notes that provide the given letter name of these scales, each scale provides a different sound.
		In the key of G pentatonic major, the "realtive minor" scale is E pentatonic minor.Example #1 teaches both scales and their given chord.
		Example #2 teaches guitar licks from each scale that immediately demonstrate the difference in sound between these 2 scales that are commonly used for blues, country, rock, classic rock and heavy metal.
	www.guitartabbooks.com /freelessons/pentatonicguitarscalevideo.htm (165 words)

	Pentatonic Myth - Flutetree.com
		There are other makers that argue there 6-hole flutes are not pentatonic, because their primary scale includes an additional note that is perfectly in tune.
		Whether it’s pentatonic mode plus a note, or Dorian mode minus a note, or the six note Raga Mahohari mode, such labels are attempts to contemporize the Native American Flute.
		Of the 6-hole flutes, this configuration is probably easiest to teach the public how to play the minor pentatonic (mode 1) scale, i.e., "Just keep the 4th hole covered." One could say this was the beginning of modern cross fingering.
	www.flutetree.com /nature/MythPentatonic.html (1212 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		All of these problems can be solved by observing that pentatonic scales on the guitar can always be played on two consecutive strings as a 2-3 or 3-2 combination.
		If you bend are playing the standard Am pentatonic at the 5th fret and you bend the D on the 3rd string to an E you are basically using the 3 notes (b3 4 5) on the 3rd string.
		Minor 6th Pentatonics --------------------- The Minor 6th pentatonic replaces the b7 degree with the 6th degree in the minor pentatonic.
	danadler.com /misc/penta.txt (700 words)

	8notes.com Pentatonic Scales Tutorial
		The Pentatonic scale is probably the most widely used scale in the world.
		The Pentatonic scale is formed of notes 1 2 3 5 and 6 of the major scale.
		To find other Pentatonic scales we just do the same as we did in our major scale tutorial - we count the tones and semitones.
	www.8notes.com /articles/pentatonic_scales.asp (372 words)

	Entropy and the Pentatonic Scale
		Many wind-chimes are tuned to the pentatonic scale because the five notes are all a fifth away in relation to each other and there are no half steps to clash when played together.
		There is a minor mode to the Pentatonic, the Minor Pentatonic which has an interval pattern of: (Ex.
		The Minor Pentatonic scale is closely related to the Blues Scale and is good for soloing due to its lack of half steps.
	www.surfingpharaoh.com /music_ed/geomusic.htm (406 words)

	MedianMusic Scales: Pentatonic
		The minor form is a "relative" of the major form and consists of the same notes, except they are arranged in a different order when played 4 frets lower (i.e., in pitch as opposed to direction) on the fretboard.
		The major and minor pentatonic scale can be played over the Major Triad and Minor Triad chord family respectively.
		The major pentatonic also works well with the Major 7th chord family while the minor pentatonic works well with Minor 7th chord family.
	www.medianmusic.com /ScalePentatonic.html (208 words)

	pentatonic_page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		A common form of the pentatonic scale consists of three whole steps and two intervals of a step and a half.
		The Pentatonic Scale is important in the musical heritage of China, India, Africa, Polynesia, Scotland and the American Indian.
		Jazzers - the minor pentatonic is the scale we often use as the basis of the blues scale - it is the second mode above but in jazz we usually call it by scale numbers:
	users.rcn.com /muffitt/tidbits/scales/pentatonic_page.htm (202 words)

	Understanding Pentatonic Scales - Soloing Over Major and Minor Chords
		Pentatonic scales are the staple of rock guitar.
		When it comes to progressions that are based on power chords, the easiest way to figure out whether to use major pentatonic or minor pentatonic is "by ear".
		The major pentatonic has a sweet, almost country flavor to it.
	www.zentao.com /guitar/theory/pentatonic.html (494 words)

	dmusic.com - Forums: Guitar: The Pentatonic
		The main pentatonic scale you hear is based off of the MAJOR diatonic scale without the 4th and 7th scale degree.
		The pentatonic is not bad for bluffers (might include myself in that category), it certainly serves as a good starting point for anyone who is learning guitar.
		If you play the A minor pentatonic shape on the 5th fret and then play exactly the same shape 3 frets down (so you are starting on an F sharp note) you will in fact get the A major pentaonic.
	www.dmusic.com /forum/guitar/9665 (3375 words)

	Lesson 5
		The G may be the 4th note in a major pentatonic scale, but it is not considered a "4".
		Minor pentatonic scales can just be thought of as a minor scale, minus scale degrees 2 and b6.
		So as you learn to play various pentatonic scale forms, it is going to be important to learn where the roots are within a particular form.
	home.san.rr.com /jahome/bass/lesson5.htm (950 words)

	A minor pentatonic scales and the guitar fretboard. Learn how to play the pentatonic scale. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		I will be explaining two types of pentatonic scales, one is the minor pentatonic scale and the other will be the major pentatonic scale.
		The Am pentatonic scale has the same notes and fingering pattern as that of the C major pentatonic scale.
		Am pentatonic starting on the C note at the 8th fret position or the blue circle on the illustration above.
	midnightdruggist.com /a_minor_pentatonic_scale.htm (1528 words)

	Marc Sabatella's Jazz Improvisation Primer: Pentatonic Scales
		The two basic pentatonic scales are the major pentatonic scale and the minor pentatonic scale.
		A C major pentatonic scale is "C, D, E, G, A", and a C minor pentatonic scale "C, Eb, F, G, Bb".
		Note that the C minor pentatonic scale is actually the fifth mode of an Eb major pentatonic scale.
	www.outsideshore.com /primer/primer/ms-primer-4-5.html (379 words)

	CGR: Pentatonic Scales
		like a normal scale, the pentatonic scale can be played in different positions on the fretboard exactly the same way as modes (although i dun think there is a name for the pentatonic modes).major and minor pentatonics are named relatively.
		some ppl think that soloing with the pentatonic scale is childsplay b'coz it is the easiest scale to solo on.
		pentatonics are good and all but there is way more to scales than major and minor (blues) pentatonic scales.
	www.christianguitar.org /forums/showthread.php?t=14411 (391 words)

	Improvise - The Pentatonic Scale Part 1 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The scale you need to learn is the minor pentatonic scale - the most commonly used scale in pop, rock, punk and metal music.
		If the first note is an open low E string, the scale is an E pentatonic minor and the key is E minor.
		If the first note is fretted at the third fret, the scale is an G pentatonic major and the key is G major.
	www.improvise.com.au /article.asp?articleID=22 (810 words)

	Native American Flute Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Pentatonic scales are the most widely used musical scales in the world.
		Students are sometimes told that there are two pentatonic modes on the Native American flute -- one with the fourth hole from the bottom kept covered throughout, and the other with the third hole from the bottom kept covered throughout.
		First, a melody whose tones form a pentatonic scale may incorporate additional tones from outside the scale as ornaments or grace notes.
	www.loomisflute.com /8-23-98.htm (1893 words)

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