Jazz Tunes with
Pentatonic Heads

Many of you have been playing the pentatonic scale in your scale sheet regimen. The word's root, penta, is from Greek and means "five." So the pentatonic scale has only 5 different notes. 

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Here's the pentatonic scale in C Major: C D E G A.

These are the only notes in the scale; if we extend up another octave - C D E G A C D E G A - we're still only using the same 5 letter names!

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The pentatonic scale is the foundation of LOADS of folk melodies from various cultures worldwide - including popular music/rock/soul/R&B/blues, and jazz.

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I'm sure that this scale sound familiar to your ears.