What does Pentatonic mean?
Pentatonic refers to a special kind of 5 note musical scale which has its origins in folk musics from all around the world. It is useful in classroom music because it contains a set of notes which all blend together well. Pupils can play different notes at the same time without fearing that any will sound ‘wrong’. A pentatonic scale can be made out of any 8 note scale any removing the 4th and 7th steps. The two most useful versions for class use are CDE GA – good if using mainly tuned percussion and GAB DE – useful if using recorders and/or guitars.
