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Pentatonic Major vs Pentatonic Minor

Five-note relatives — same notes, different tonic. The minor pentatonic owns blues / rock vocabulary; the major owns country / pop hooks.

Pentatonic Major
R
♭2
2
♭3
3
4
♭5
5
♭6
6
♭7
7
Hear on piano →Hear on guitar →
Pentatonic Minor
R
♭2
2
♭3
3
4
♭5
5
♭6
6
♭7
7
Hear on piano →Hear on guitar →
What's different
Only in Pentatonic Major
236
Only in Pentatonic Minor
♭34♭7
In both
R5
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