Re: ? about pentatonics

hi,
RockaBilly schrieb:

> I know pentatonic means 5 notes so you omit 2 notes for the scale.

you mean the major skale / natural minor scale. the most well known
pentatonic scale are the major and the minor pentatonic scale
ie
C major pentatonic = C D E G A ( the A minor pentatonic = A C D E G has
the same notes)
C minor scale = C Eb F G Bb ( same as Eb major pentatonic)
so your sentence is true for these two most well known pentatonic
scales. and maybe for a lot of other pentatonic scales.
but every scale with 5 notes is a pentatonic scale.( just my 2
cents) ( i think some guys are saying that a pentatonic scale should not
have a half-ton step) when we are talking about pentatonic scale we
often talking about only the major pentatonic scale and the minor
pentatonic scale.
but there are a lot of other pentatonic scale. some are sounding
indian, arabic, ........ and you can invent your own pentationic scales,
too.
C D E G Bb is also a pentatonic scale. sound bluesy. has not really a
name, but many player use it. or
C Eb F G A is also a pentatonic scale. has not really a name. or
C Eb F F# Bb is also bluesy, .............

> I know of
> omitting II-VI and

A natural minor scale = A B C D E F G A omitting II and VI is
A minor pentatonic scale = A C D E G

> IV VII (case not matter)

C major scale = C D E F G A B C omitting IV and VII is
C major pentatonic scale = C D E G A

> but is there a pent scale that
> omitted III-VI?

C major scale = C D E F G A B C omitting III and VI is
C D F G B i would call this a pentatonic scale, too. but some guys are
saying B-C is a half tone step and this does not sound like a pentatonic
scale.

A natural minor scale = A B C D E F G A omitting III and VI is
A B D E G i would call this a pentatonic scale, too.
btw. this A B D E G are the same notes as the G major pentatonic scale.
and also the E minor pentatonic scale

G major scale = G A B C D E F# G omitting IV and VII is
G major pentatonic scale = G A B D E

E natural minor scale = E F# G A B C D omitting II and VI is
E minor pentatonic scale = E G A B D

> Another question, the major pent will be root on the 6th string and
> the
> minor pent the 6th on the sixth string. Right?

ie the root of the C pentatonic scale ( minor or major ) is the note C.
there is the note C on the E-string, on the A-string, on the D-string,
...... of the guitar. so there are many patterns for the major/minor
pentatonic scale: here are some: r is the root:

major pentatonic
E |-r-|---|-x-|---|-x-|
B |---|---|-x-|---|---|
G |---|-x-|---|---|-x-|
D |---|---|-r-|---|-x-|
A |---|---|-x-|---|-x-|
E |-r-|---|-x-|---|-x-|

minor pentatonic:
E |-r-|---|---|-x-|---|
B |-x-|---|---|-x-|---|
G |-x-|---|-x-|---|---|
D |-x-|---|-r-|---|---|
A |-x-|---|-x-|---|---|
E |-r-|---|---|-x-|---|

major pentatonic
E |-x-|---|-x-|---|---|
B |---|---|-x-|---|---|
G |---|---|-r-|---|-x-|
D |---|---|-x-|---|-x-|
A |-r-|---|-x-|---|-x-|
E |-x-|---|-x-|---|---|

minor pentatonic
E |-x-|---|---|-x-|---|
B |---|-x-|---|-x-|---|
G |-x-|---|-r-|---|---|
D |-x-|---|-x-|---|---|
A |-r-|---|---|-x-|---|
E |-x-|---|---|-x-|---|
..................... i hope i made no mistake,
nice day
thomas

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