Dec 06 2008
Major And Minor Pentatonic Scales
In this guitar lesson we will see that there are two types of pentatonic scales, major pentatonic and minor pentatonic scales. Pentatonic scales are composed of five pitches per octave as opposed to major scales who use all seven pitches. Pentatonic scales are used every where from Jazz, blues, children’s songs and folk music. Practice these exercises and gain speed and knowledge of your fretboard.
Major Pentatonic
A major pentatonic scale consists of the 1st - 2nd - 3rd - 5th - 6th notes of a major scale. The following shows an example of G major pentatonic scale.
w=whole step and h=half step
Exercises
Here are some exersis to practice your major and minor pentatonic scales. Download the PDF documents and print them out. You can also play along with the music ninja, the audio is also for download. Have fun and keep practicing.
The music ninja contains two tracks, click next to hear the second scales.
Minor pentatonic scale exercises printable PDF
Minor Pentatonic audio (MP3)
Major pentatonic scale exercises printable PDF
Major pentatonic audio (MP3)
