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- What are the five notes of the A minor pentatonic scale?
- What is the formula for a minor pentatonic scale?
- What is the difference between a minor scale and a minor pentatonic scale?
What are the five notes of the A minor pentatonic scale?
As you already hopefully know, the five notes in the A minor pentatonic scale are A, C, D, E, and G. The reason the above pattern is called the “first-position” one is because it starts on the first note of the scale — namely, A at the fifth fret of the low E string.
What is the formula for a minor pentatonic scale?
The minor pentatonic scale is a five note scale based on the natural minor but without the 2nd and and sixth scale degrees. The minor pentatonic scale formula is 1, b3, 4, 5, b7. This scale is most commonly broken up into what's known as the five pentatonic positions as shown in the diagrams below.
What is the difference between a minor scale and a minor pentatonic scale?
The only difference between these two scales is that the 2 and flat-6 notes are removed from the natural minor scale to form the minor pentatonic scale. This is why the two sound slightly different from one another. These two notes also happen to be the most dissonant notes in the natural minor scale.
