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Fig. 1 · G major pentatonic on the keyboard

piano scale

G major pentatonic

G1A2B3D5E6

The major scale without its two half steps. Five notes, and no pair of them a half step apart.

on guitaron ukulele

Written out

Fig. 2 · G major pentatonic, ascending

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

GWAWBW+HDWEW+HG

What is true of it

G major pentatonic is G, A, B, D and E, and back to G.

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

EmminorEm7minor seventhGmajor

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 5 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on G

G minor pentatonicpentatonicG bluespentatonicG major bluespentatonicG majormajorG natural minorminorG harmonic minorminor

C maj pentC♯ maj pentD♭ maj pentD maj pentD♯ maj pentE♭ maj pentE maj pentF maj pentall 374