Also the 5th relationship will work some of the time as will the 7th relationship. It also works pretty well over a major and c blues.

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Play the descending scale in the following figure which is in c pentatonic major in eighth notes beginning with your left hand little finger on the 1st string 8th fret.

How to use pentatonic scales. A scale in my mind is like a ballpark. Another direction to go deeper into is modes. The one that sounds right.

A great way to build upon using the pentatonic scale is to start adding in some of the other notes that you leave out. Scales their use and mis conception. The one that s being understood.

Don t be afraid of a little dissonance. The general concept is that the diatonic pentatonic scales that are in a relationship of a diatonic third up or down from the root of the chord will work for improvising. As long as you know the pentatonic scale you have something to fall back on.

A minor pentatonic can be used as a lead scale over chord progressions in a minor c major and a blues blues can imply a specific six note scale as well as a chord progression. You won t lose your place. The first scale you learn is the a minor pentatonic.

A dialect if you will that at a specific point in music is the one that is correct the one that we re speaking. Because the blues scale is a form of the minor scale you can just use the pentatonic scale in that key.