Jazz Scales

MAJOR PENTATONIC SCALE

C | C# = Db | D | Eb | E | F | F# = Gb | G | Ab | A | Bb | B
Description
Keyboard fingerings : p.1 - p.2
SCALES
major pentatonic
minor pentatonic
blues scale
major scale
natural minor
harmonic minor
melodic minor

CHORDS
triad chords
7th chord qualities
scale-tone chords
IIm7 - V7 - Imaj7 progression
II - V7 - Imin progression
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Description of the major pentatonic scale

A major pentatonic scale consists of 5 different notes.
They are the notes :
1 - 2 - 3 - 5 - 6 of the major scale
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In other words : it is a major scale without the 4th and the 7th note.
This eliminates the two semitones present in the major scale. (In the C scale between E and F, and
between B and C.)

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Here are the major pentatonic scales in all 12 keys listed in Circle of Fifths order.
1.

C major pentatonic
C-D-E-G-A-C
(five white keys on the keyboard)

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2.

G major pentatonic
G-A-B-D-E-G
(five white keys on the keyboard)

3.

D major pentatonic (Down - Up - Top)

D - E - F# - A - B - D

4.

A major pentatonic
A - B - C# - E - F# - A

5.

E major pentatonic
E - F# - G# - B - C# - E

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B major pentatonic (Down - Up - Top)

B - C# - D# - F# - G# - B

7.

F# and Gb major pentatonic scales

F# - G# - A# - C# - D# - F#
Gb - Ab - Bb - Db - Eb - Gb
(all five black keys on the keyboard)

8.

Db and C# major pentatonic scales

Db - Eb - F - Ab - Bb - Db
C# - D# - E# (=F) - G# - A# - C#

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Ab major pentatonic (Down - Up - Top)

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Ab - Bb - C - Eb - F - Ab

10.

Eb major pentatonic
Eb - F - G - Bb - C - Eb

11.

Bb major pentatonic
Bb - C - D - F - G - Bb

12.

F major pentatonic (Down - Up - Top)

F-G-A-C-D-F
(five white keys on the keyboard)

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Copyright 2002 Michael Furstner. All rights reserved.

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