PENTATONIC SCALE AND ITS MODES

GRADE | NAME | NOTES | NOTES TRANSPOSED IN C
--- | --- | --- | ---
I | MAJOR PENTATONIC |  |
II | SUSPENDED PENTATONIC |  |
III | MAN GONG |  |
IV | RITUSEN |  |
V | MINOR PENTATONIC |  |

MAJOR PENTATONIC |

Alternative names:

It starts from the first grade of major pentatonic scale

Structure: 22323

chords over first notes:
Triad:
major

Chord simbols: C, Cmaj7, C6, C^, Cmaj7(9), C^9, C6/9

SUSPENDED PENTATONIC |

Alternative names: Yo, Egyptian

It starts from the second grade of major pentatonic scale

Structure: 23232

As we can see from the structure, this is a palindromic mode

Chord simbols: C7sus, C9sus

MAN GONG |

It starts from the third grade of major pentatonic scale

Structure: 32322

RITUSEN |

It starts from the fourth grade of major pentatonic scale

Structure: 23223

MINOR PENTATONIC |

It starts from the fifth grade of major pentatonic scale

Structure: 32232

chords over first notes:
Triad: | Seventh chord:
minor | minor seventh

Chord simbols: Cm, Cm7