
At this stage it’s really important to note the following… The last thing we need to know is how to use the musical spelling of the minor pentatonic scale. The musical spelling is pronounced: “One, Flat Three, Four, Five, Flat Seven”.Īll clear so far? Awesome! How To Use The Musical Spelling Of The Minor Pentatonic Scale One of the first questions some students of mine ask about this is “How do you pronounce it?”. Luckily, I can give you it! The minor pentatonic has the following musical spelling… The next bit of information we need is the musical spelling of the minor pentatonic scale. Musical Spelling Of The Minor Pentatonic Scale Some people call this the musical spelling of the major scale. Notice how at the top there are some numbers. Go back and have a look at the table that you filled in for the major scale. So how do we build a minor pentatonic scale from the major scale? In order to answer that, there’s a few bits of information we need… Scale Degrees Of The Major Scale If you’ve forgotten how the major scale is constructed, then you’ll need to quickly review that before starting with this lesson. In this lesson we’ll explore how the minor pentatonic scale can easily be created from the major scale.
