PENTATONIC SCALE AND ITS MODES
PENTATONIC SCALE AND ITS MODES
| GRADE | NAME | NOTES | NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C |
| I | MAJOR PENTATONIC | 
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| II | SUSPENDED PENTATONIC | 
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| III | MAN GONG | 
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| IV | RITUSEN | 
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| V | MINOR PENTATONIC | 
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MAJOR PENTATONIC | |
It starts from the first grade of major pentatonic scale
Structure: 22323
| chords over first notes: |
| Triad: |
| major |
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Chord simbols: C, Cmaj7, C6, C^, Cmaj7(9), C^9, C6/9
SUSPENDED PENTATONIC | |
Alternative names: Yo, Egyptian
It starts from the second grade of major pentatonic scale
Structure: 23232
As we can see from the structure, this is a palindromic mode
Chord simbols: C7sus, C9sus
MAN GONG | |
It starts from the third grade of major pentatonic scale
Structure: 32322
RITUSEN | |
It starts from the fourth grade of major pentatonic scale
Structure: 23223
MINOR PENTATONIC | |
It starts from the fifth grade of major pentatonic scale
Structure: 32232
| chords over first notes: | |
| Triad: | Seventh chord: |
| minor | minor seventh |
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Chord simbols: Cm, Cm7