piano scale
C major pentatonic
C1D2E3G5A6
The major scale without its two half steps. Five notes, and no pair of them a half step apart.
Written out
Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.
The step pattern
CWDWEW+HGWAW+HC
What is true of it
C major pentatonic is C, D, E, G and A, and back to C.
Its steps are W – W – W+H – W – W+H, where W is a whole step and H a half.
It uses no sharps and no flats at all: seven letters, seven white keys.
Chords made only of these notes
Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 5 sounds, not chosen.
Other scales on C
C minor pentatonicpentatonicC bluespentatonicC major bluespentatonicC majormajorC natural minorminorC harmonic minorminor
C♯ maj pentD♭ maj pentD maj pentD♯ maj pentE♭ maj pentE maj pentF maj pentF♯ maj pentall 374