Pentatonic Scales

How many notes are in a pentatonic scale?

• 4

• 5

• 7

• 8

What are the scale degrees for the Major Pentatonic scale

• 1 3 4 5 6

• 1 2 3 4 5

• 1 2 3 5 6

• 1 2 3 6 7

What are the scale degrees for the minor pentatonic scale?

• 1-b3-4-5-b7

• 1-2-b3-5-b7

• 1-2-b3-4-5

• 1-b3-5-6-b7

How many notes are in the blues scale?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

What are the scale degrees of the blues scales?

• 1-b3-4-5-6-b7

• 1-2-3-5-6-b7

• 1-2-b3-4-5-b7

• 1-b3-4-#4-5-b7

True or False: The blues scale will always make you sound like an authentic jazz soloist.

• True

• False

What scale is this?

• Eb Major

• C Minor Pentatonic

• Eb Blues Scale

• C Blues Scale

What scale is this?

• D Blues Scale

• D Minor Pentatonic

• D Major Pentatonic

• F Blues

There are seven pitches in the major scale and only five in the pentatonic scale. Which 2 scale degrees of the major scale are not used in the major pentatonic scale?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 6

• 7

In C Major the 4th scale degree is ___ and the 7th scale degree is ___.

• D and G

• E and A

• F and B

• E and B