Introduction to The Pentatonic Scale

1. Introduction to The Pentatonic Scale

2. Objectives • Beginners- SWBAT state how many notes are in the pentatonic scale and name how many notes are in a major scale • Intermediate- SWBAT describe the notes in the pentatonic scale as they pertain to Solfege syllables and describe the number of notes and the solfege syllables used in a major scale. • Advance- SWBAT compare the pentatonic scale and the Major scale by the number of notes and the solfege syllables used.

3. Review of the Major Mode • The major mode contains seven notes. • Similarly we use seven solfege syllables to sing a major scale Do Re MiFa Sol La Ti

4. The notes in a C Major Scale are C D E F G A B

5. The Pentatonic Scale • Pentatonic comes from the Greek word Pentemeaning five and tonic meaning tone. • A Pentatonic Scale contains Five notes. • Similarly when we sing a pentatonic scale with Solfege we only use five of the syllables • Do Re Me Sol La • What Syllables get left out?

6. The syllables left out are “fa” and “ti” • There can be Minor and Major Pentatonic scales • We are focusing on the Major Pentatonic scale. • The notes in a C Major Pentatonic scale are C D E G A Do Re Me Sol La Do

7. Follow these links to hear examples of the C Major Pentatonic scale On Piano On Guitar

8. Sentence Frames • Beginners- There are _____ notes in the ______ scale and ______ notes in the _______ scale • Intermediate – There are ______ notes in the ______ scale and it uses the solfege syllables _________ and __. There are _____ notes in the _______ scale and it uses the solfege syllables __________. • Advance – The_____ scale uses the solfege syllables ________ compared to the _____ scale which leaves out the solfege syllables ___ and ___ so that all we are left with is ________.