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

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