Different modes of pentatonic scale - Music: Practice & Theory …
Mar 1, 2015 · Diatonic is commonly used to mean incorporating the 12-tone system of so-called 'Western theory', whereas pentatonic refers to the use of any number of 5-tone systems. I …
how do you choose which pentatonic scale to use over a …
Jul 15, 2020 · 4 Since there are three pentatonic scales that work with any diatonic chord progression, how do you decide which one to use? If I have a chord progression in Bm, I could …
What are the degrees of a pentatonic scale called?
Jan 18, 2021 · The pentatonic scale is its own entity: a five tone scale with nothing skipped or missing. I think it's believed the pentatonic scale existed long before diatonic scales. I have …
Why are the 4th and 7th scale degrees removed from the major
Dec 16, 2019 · A pentatonic scale is a five note scale. Nothing is missing or removed. One way to generate a pentatonic scale with an additive process is to build the scale from ascending …
Pentatonic and Chinese tradition - what I am getting wrong?
Mar 27, 2024 · I am interested in the traditional Chinese music system, which is supposed to be a pentatonic scale. According to Wiki, one way to get a pentatonic scale is to take five …
Black keys - what scale are these, how to use them?
May 13, 2021 · The pentatonic scale removes the 4th and 7th degrees of the major scale. It is also an E♭ (or D♯) minor pentatonic scale if you change your tonic/focus to E♭. E♭ minor is the …
Chords and pentatonics - Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange
Mar 7, 2020 · Depends on the genre and the underlying composition. You can play any note anywhere if it's within context. If you are beginning to learn improvisation, you should stick to …
which pentatonic scale to use for similar-quality diatonic chords?
Mar 11, 2025 · Is it more common to pick the "parent" pentatonic scale (s) to play over the diatonic chords (ie; play CMaj or am pentatonics over all the diatonic chords) That works for a …
Minor Pentatonic scale - Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange
Oct 18, 2017 · This might be a cringy question but can you play a minor pentatonic scale of any key with other keys: for example, playing a G Minor Pentatonic scale then switching it a an A …
scales - Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange
Jun 20, 2020 · BUT for example, in the minor A pentatonic scale, the G shape will have the root note on other note, because the root note will fall in the 5th fret of sixth string (A). So in this …