Major Pentatonic scale
Major Pentatonic keeps the first, second, third, fifth and sixth degrees of the major scale and discards the fourth and seventh, the two notes responsible for its half steps.
- Used for
- Folk, country, pop, gospel and countless melodies and solos.
- Formula
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Steps W W 1½ W 1½ Semitones 2-2-3-2-3 Degrees 1 2 3 5 6 - Relationships
- Rotated to start on its sixth degree, it becomes the minor pentatonic.
- Also called
- Bhoopali, Mohanam, Gong, and Tizita.
Major Pentatonic in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Major Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Major Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- D D Major Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Major Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- E E Major Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- F F Major Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Major Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- G G Major Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Major Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- A A Major Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Major Pentatonic scale piano guitar
- B B Major Pentatonic scale piano guitar
