What is the clarinet pentatonic scale?
GT’s formula is correct because he said MINOR scale and not major. There are nearly infinite permutations of the pentatonic scale guys – they can also be modal. Therefor, the first example is indeed also a pentatonic scale by definition (it’s called a hemitonic) since the only requirement to be pentatonic is that it has five scale degrees per octave in it. The blues scale is not pentatonic (it’s hexatonic) because it has six scale degrees in it. The two most common pentatonic scales you’d be asked for on a clarinet are the major and minor basic scales. The minor is probably a little more common. Major pentatonic is scale degrees 1, 2,3,5,6 of the major (Ionian) scale. In C it’s C D E G A Minor pentatonic is scale degrees 1,3,4,5,7 of the natural minor (aeolian) scale. In C it’s C Eb F G Bb The blues scale, which is a hexatonic scale, is nothing more than the minor mode pentatonic with a #4/b5 added. This doesn’t have to be any more complicated than it really is.
