GUT MEATCLCLIeenES'To memortz
and become accustomed t0 playing these pentatonic scales play the following lines in
all keys, These four very common pentatonic fines should be played he full range of your
a different way to construct the same grouping of notes. For example, beginning with F
! major or D minor pentatonic
{Even though some of the intervals between the notes ofthe pentatonic scale are larger than a
second wil cll moving from one note tothe next inthe sale a steps) So for the D minor
pentatonic sale start with D and step up t0 F, step up to G, step up to A, step up to C and soon
The same scale writen out as follows uses what Tl call kip. That is starting on D, skip up to G
skip up to skip up to F skip up to A:Haratonic states
A tiple skip would look like this
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Using skips and steps provides us with a way to construct many pentatonic lines as it gives us a
‘means to hear and analyze these differene pentatonic lines
To help memorize the different pentatonic scales play the remaining notes inthe scale starting on
the given note, First go through the memorizing quiz and play the notes deseending, and then repeat
the evercise with the notes ascending
For example; the descending notes would be
Exasrue a.
The ascending notes would be
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Note that from here on [will refer to the pentatonic scales by their minor name.MEMORIZING QUIZ
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at formula would look like this:=a
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Notice that is takes five consecutive four-note groupings
the original note again,
From this one formula we can derive eight formulas:
Fomwviat A. Sar BY Snr. Sur DL Ste
fouw2 B tsne € Sar iD sm A Su
Fomwiay C TSar_ iD dsr AS San Bd Sree
Fouwutag -D. dSner A dSuy Bl oUSme CT Sup
Forwera 5
Forwuta 6
Forsuta 7
Here are those eight formulas on C minor or E> major:
Not
wgain that there are five
iene groupings before yetting back to the starting note.
Also, notice that with formulas 1 is the same
and that they descend by skip. (That is .C: to \G: to E> to -Bh to -F-.). With formulas 5-8, the
first note of each four note grouping a
F. ta Bb: 0 to Ge
that the first note of each four note grou}
so the same and they ascend by skip. (That is «C: to