Re: [Harp-L] Pentatonic scales (All you can eat theory served all night)

["Rick Dempster" <rick.dempster@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

....and the 'major pentatonic' is the 'black notes on the piano' scale.
RD

>>> "Michael Peloquin" <peloquinharp@xxxxxxxxxxx> 1/11/2007 2:50 >>>
(C) major pentatonic
C D E G A

IS

(A) minor pentatonic

A C D E G

same notes (a mode, or a la mode if you're ready for dessert)

many players just say pentatonic for that reason.

Another "minor" pentatonic is:

C D Eb G A
1 2 b3 5 6
--useful for most anything & everything!

BTW -- I hope some of us don't perceive this as nit-picking, but:

scales are 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 in ARABIC numerals
not
I II III IV V VI VII in ROMAN numerals
Roman numerals are usually reserved for chords, and they take more thought & 
time to type!!!
(It all sounds the same when you you SAY it though!)

Michael Peloquin
http://www.harpsax.com 
http://www.myspace.com/harpsax 

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