C major pentatonic scale guitar

1. What are the notes of the C major pentatonic scale?
2. What are the 5 pitches in the C pentatonic scale?

What are the notes of the C major pentatonic scale?

To form the C Major pentatonic scale, you would take the 1 = C, 2 = D, 3 = E, 5 = G, 6 = A. To form the C minor pentatonic scale, you would take the 1 = C, b3 = Eb, 4 = F, 5 = G, b7 = Bb. You will notice that the notes are not the same because only the relative minor pentatonic scale has the same notes.

What are the 5 pitches in the C pentatonic scale?

Major pentatonic scale

One construction takes five consecutive pitches from the circle of fifths; starting on C, these are C, G, D, A, and E.