The Minor Pentatonic Scale

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The minor pentatonic (Like A minor pentatonic in the example above) is quite the same as its relative major scale. Only we will start playing from the fifth note.

Let's take A minor pentatonic for example. A minor is the parallel minor of C pentatonic.

So A minor pentatonic has the same notes as C major pentatonic only the tonic of the scale would be A and not C.

In other word we will start playing The C pentatonic from its fifth note A.

Here's a list of all twelve minor pentatonic scales:

Am pentatonic: A, C, D, E, G, A

Em pentatonic: E, G, A, B, D, E

Bm pentatonic: B, D, E, F#, A, B

F#m pentatonic: F#, A, B, C#, E, F#

C#m pentatonic: C#, E, F#, G#, B, C#

G#m pentatonic: G#, B, C#, D#, F#, G#

Eb pentatonic: Eb, Gb, Ab, Bb, Db, Eb

Bb pentatonic: Bb, Db, Eb, F, Ab, Bb

F pentatonic: F, Ab, Bb, C, Eb, F

There are few reasons to learn to play the Minor Pentatonic Scale and other piano scale. These piano scales will help you to understand the logic behind a piece you play, and give you tools to build piano chords and harmonize tunes by ear, and if you want to improvise you should use scales to play a solo to really impress your friends and fellow musicians.

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