The A major pentatonic scale
All notes of the A major pentatonic scale: A, B, C#, E, F#. Five notes: the major scale without its fourth and seventh degrees. With no semitones, nothing sounds wrong.
The notes
- 1A
- 2B
- 3C#
- 4E
- 5F#
Steps in semitones: 2 – 2 – 3 – 2 – 3
On the keyboard
Guitar
Ukulele
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