Members Music Is All Posted April 5, 2013 Members Share Posted April 5, 2013 Alright, so I've recently purchased a book on scales, but the thing is, it says the only difference between a major pentatonic scale, and a minor pent, if they're relative minors, are the root notes, and anchor chords. But the root notes are literally, in the book, exactly the same, and what are anchor chords? Is there a certain way you're supposed to transition from the major to the relative minor? Also, when I'm finished learning all pent scales, what is a good set of scales to learn in combination with the pentatonic? Blues, minor, what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bigcatrik Posted April 5, 2013 Members Share Posted April 5, 2013 A minor pentatonic - A C D E G AC major pentatonic - C D E G A C Same notes, different root, different sound. The book may have an error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Music Is All Posted April 5, 2013 Author Members Share Posted April 5, 2013 Woooooooow that pisses me off, I've spent the last month memorizing wrong information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BydoEmpire Posted April 5, 2013 Members Share Posted April 5, 2013 Music Is All wrote:Is there a certain way you're supposed to transition from the major to the relative minor? Also, when I'm finished learning all pent scales, what is a good set of scales to learn in combination with the pentatonic? Blues, minor, what? I think the best thing to learn is the major scale. I relate everything back to that. The minor and major pentatonics are just subsets of it. The modes of the major scale are easier to remember and "hear" relative to that (ie.. dorian is major scale with flat 3 and flat 7, lydian is major scale w/ sharp 4). I treat all other scales the same way - what's changed versus the major scale. It sounds kind of boring, but it is really the foundation. If you're into rock and blues, the minor scale & dorian mode would be good, easy-to-appy choices.A Minor Pent: A C D E G (1, b3, 4, 5, b7)A Dorain: A B C D E F# G (1, 2, b3, 4, 5, 6, b7)A Minor: A B C D E F G (1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7)Just adding a couple notes. It always bugs me when folks say stuff is "just a bunch of pentatonic licks" when usually there are 6ths and 9ths all over the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Music Is All Posted April 11, 2013 Author Members Share Posted April 11, 2013 Where can I learn where each scale starts though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BydoEmpire Posted April 11, 2013 Members Share Posted April 11, 2013 Music Is All wrote:Where can I learn where each scale starts though? You mean physically on the fretboard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Music Is All Posted April 11, 2013 Author Members Share Posted April 11, 2013 Yeah, basically. I'm just a bit confused. I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BydoEmpire Posted April 11, 2013 Members Share Posted April 11, 2013 Music Is All wrote:Yeah, basically. I'm just a bit confused. I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jonfinn Posted April 12, 2013 Members Share Posted April 12, 2013 Music Is All wrote:Yeah, basically. I'm just a bit confused. I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JonR Posted May 2, 2013 Members Share Posted May 2, 2013 Music Is All wrote:Yeah, basically. I'm just a bit confused. I Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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