Members Music Is All Posted March 28, 2013 Members Share Posted March 28, 2013 Now, I don't mean chord progressions necessarily, all I'm asking is if major, minor, suspended, sevenths, what chords work best with major and minor pentatonic scales? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wein Posted March 28, 2013 Share Posted March 28, 2013 Music Is All wrote: Now, I don't mean chord progressions necessarily, all I'm asking is if major, minor, suspended, sevenths, what chords work best with major and minor pentatonic scales? It really depends on the application. For instance you can use a major pentatonic over a major chord, a minor pentatonic over a minor chord, both over a dominant chord and so on. And then there are substitutions like playing a minor pentatonic scale a half step below a major chord to get a dominant sound and so on...a quick search of the forum found this thread with some great info: http://www.harmonycentral.com/t5/The-Lesson-Loft/Pentatonic-Substitution/m-p/24683490/highlight/true#M90320 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonR Posted March 29, 2013 Members Share Posted March 29, 2013 Generally, just look at the notes in the scale and the notes in the chords. The more shared notes, the better they'll work together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mwtzzz Posted April 4, 2013 Members Share Posted April 4, 2013 My book Volume 2 has a chart mapping pentatonic scales to chords.- Michael--Jazz Educatorhttp://www.michael--martinez.com/music/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members leland56 Posted May 8, 2013 Members Share Posted May 8, 2013 Hello friend, One of the most popular keys on the guitar is the key of D major. If you play country music, I'm sure you would have come across the key of D and if you are looking for the ideal scale to solo over chord progressions in the key of D look no further than the D major pentatonic scale. For more music and related stuff you can try musicforte site. It is a great site for music lovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members yamex5 Posted May 28, 2013 Members Share Posted May 28, 2013 Mark Wein wrote: Music Is All wrote: Now, I don't mean chord progressions necessarily, all I'm asking is if major, minor, suspended, sevenths, what chords work best with major and minor pentatonic scales? It really depends on the application. For instance you can use a major pentatonic over a major chord, a minor pentatonic over a minor chord, both over a dominant chord and so on. And then there are substitutions like playing a minor pentatonic scale a half step below a major chord to get a dominant sound and so on...a quick search of the forum found this thread with some great info: http://www.harmonycentral.com/t5/The-Lesson-Loft/Pentatonic-Substitution/m-p/24683490/highlight/true#M90320 Hi Mark, Just to clarify your statement "if a minor pentatonic is played a half step below the major chord ..." I would assume that the minor pentatonic would include the note a half step below the target major chord. That note would be the major 7th, not the dominant 7th, correct? Or am I missing something? Thanks, -Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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