Hi! I see alot about a major and minor pentatonic. I leaned to play alotof gospel songs in the key of g. Which had g c and d as the 1,4,5 chords… So my question is this… Suppose you are playing amazing grace in key of g. Using g major pentatonics obviously. But when the song progresses to a c or d chord, do you also have to switch up and use c and d pentatonic scales or do you just use the g major pentatonics throughout the entire song? Pleas eemail me a response to [removed] Thanks
It’s all just G major, however you approach it. You could just use G major pentatonic throughout, or you could use the G major scale.
You could also use G major pentatonic over G, C major pentatonic over C and D major pentatonic over D – but that would still be the G major scale, just a different way of going about it.
If you take the notes from all three of those major pentatonic scales and put them together, the result would just be the G major scale.
Kinda confusing answer about take all notes C,G,D…you get G major???? Hmmm… no C# in G major.
I’m not sure where you are getting the C# from? I’m guessing you’re thinking about the major scale and not the pentatonic?
We’re talking about the major pentatonics, so for example..
G major pentatonic notes = G, A, B, D, E
C major pentatonic notes = C, D, E, G, A
D major pentatonic notes = D, E, F#, A, B
Put those notes together and they add up to G major scale..
G, A, B, C, D, E, F#
Does that make sense?
