Breaking these well-known chord shapes down into single notes or triads creates a road map for experimentation, improvisation ...

Major pentatonic. While major and minor scales have seven notes, pentatonic scales have only five. Essentially a major scale minus the 4th and 7th – C D E G A – the major pentatonic is a staple of ...

You should be able to see that the C major pentatonic scale uses all the notes from a C chord, plus a couple of extras. (Image credit: Future) Play through the chord and scale before attempting this ...