Scales Flashcards
Construct a Whole-Tone Scale, starting on C.
Every interval is a tone apart, this results in the scale having no key centre (no note feels more significant than any other).
How is a minor pentatonic scale formed?
The minor pentatonic scale is made from the:
1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 7th
notes from the natural minor scale above.
The 2nd and 6th notes of the minor scale are not used.
How is a major pentatonic scale formed?
The major pentatonic scale is made from the
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th
notes from the major scale above.
The 4th and 7th note of the major scale are not used.
How is a blues scale formed?
The blues scale is made from taking all notes from the minor pentatonic scale (6 notes), and adding a Diminished 5th note interval based the tonic note - A-dim-5th.
This extra ‘blue’ note - Eb, which gives the blues scale its distinctive sound, is inserted before the 4th minor pentatonic scale note resulting in the blues scale notes from the previous step:
