Scales

Scale: C major pentatonic

Description: A five-note scale (1, 2, 3, 5, 6) extracted from the major scale by omitting the 4th and 7th. Its lack of semitones gives a very consonant, open sound, heavily used in folk, country, rock and pop melodies and in pentatonic-based improvisation worldwide.

Notes (pitch classes): C, D, E, G, A

Intervals (formula): 1P, 2M, 3M, 5P, 6M