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 think technically …
Why would you use one [pentatonic scale] over another? Each pentatonic scale has a tonal center — a pitch toward which the others are directed. That's how the letter-name part of the …
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 only seen the …
A pentatonic scale isn't a major scale with the 4th and 7th removed any more than it's a minor scale with the 6th and 2nd removed or a major scale is a chromatic scale with C#, D#, F#, G#, …
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 consecutive …
We all know on the guitar there are 5 positions for the Pentatonic Scale and a big deal is made about position 1 being the minor pentatonic and position 2 being the major pentatonic. But …
3 I bought a guitar chart and it has this figure for moveable minor pentatonic scale: I know the number 1 box pattern of the minor pentatonic scale (Justin guitar course). I play it starting on the …
What is the most common fingering for the pentatonic scale? Minor and major. All of them. I don't know about standards; there are lots of different fingerings you could use. I would like to know wh...