Editing Pentatonic scale (section)

== Modes of the pentatonic scale ==
{{See also|Mode (music)}}
The pentatonic scale (containing notes C, D, E, G and A) has five modes, which are derived by treating a different note as the [[Tonic (music)|tonic]]:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2"| Tonic
! rowspan="2"| Name(s)
! rowspan="2"| [[Chinese musicology#Scale and tonality|Chinese pentatonic scale]]
! rowspan="2"| Indian pentatonic scale
! rowspan="2"| On C
! colspan="3"| White key transpositions
! Black key transposition
|-
! C major pentatonic
! F major pentatonic
! G major pentatonic
! F{{music|sharp}}/G{{music|flat}} major pentatonic
|-
| 1 (C)
| [[#Major pentatonic scale|Major pentatonic]]
| 宮 (gōng) mode
| Hindustani – [[Bhoopali]]<br />Carnatic – [[Mohanam]]<br />Tamil - Mullaittīmpāṇi
| C–D–E–G–A–C
| C–D–E–G–A–C
| F–G–A–C–D–F
| G–A–B–D–E–G
| G{{music|b}}–A{{music|b}}–B{{music|b}}–D{{music|b}}–E{{music|b}}–G{{music|b}}
|-
| 2 (D)
| Suspended, Egyptian
| 商 (shāng) mode
| Hindustani – [[Megh (raga)|Megh]]<br />Carnatic – [[Madhyamavati]]<br />Tamil - Centurutti
| C–D–F–G–B{{music|b}}–C
| D–E–G–A–C–D
| G–A–C–D–F–G
| A–B–D–E–G–A
| A{{music|b}}–B{{music|b}}–D{{music|b}}–E{{music|b}}–G{{music|b}}–A{{music|b}}
|-
| 3 (E)
| Blues minor, Man Gong ([[Guqin tunings]])
| 角 (jué) mode
| Hindustani – [[Malkauns]]<br />Carnatic – [[Hindolam]]<br />Tamil - Intaḷam
| C–E{{music|b}}–F–A{{music|b}}–B{{music|b}}–C
| E–G–A–C–D–E
| A–C–D–F–G–A
| B–D–E–G–A–B
| B{{music|b}}–D{{music|b}}–E{{music|b}}–G{{music|b}}–A{{music|b}}–B{{music|b}}
|-
| 5 (G)
| Blues major, {{ill|ritsusen|ja|律旋法}}, [[yo scale]]
| 徵 (zhǐ) mode
| Hindustani – [[Durga (raga)|Durga]]<br />Carnatic – [[Shuddha Saveri]]<br />Tamil - Koṉṟai
| C–D–F–G–A–C
| G–A–C–D–E–G
| C–D–F–G–A–C
| D–E–G–A–B–D
| D{{music|b}}–E{{music|b}}–G{{music|b}}–A{{music|b}}–B{{music|b}}–D{{music|b}}
|-
| 6 (A)
| [[#Minor pentatonic scale|Minor pentatonic]]
| 羽 (yǔ) mode
| Hindustani – [[Dhani (raga)|Dhani]]<br />Carnatic – [[Shuddha Dhanyasi]]<br />Tamil - āmpal
| C–E{{music|b}}–F–G–B{{music|b}}–C
| A–C–D–E–G–A
| D–F–G–A–C–D
| E–G–A–B–D–E
| E{{music|b}}–G{{music|b}}–A{{music|b}}–B{{music|b}}–D{{music|b}}–E{{music|b}}
|}

Ricker assigned the major pentatonic scale mode I while Gilchrist assigned it mode III.<ref name="Ricker1999">{{cite book |author=Ramon Ricker |title=Pentatonic Scales for Jazz Improvisation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4pIIfRuiRpcC&pg=PA2 |year=1999 |publisher=Studio P/R, Alfred Publishing Co. |location=Lebanon, Ind. |isbn=978-1-4574-9410-9}} cites {{cite journal |author=Annie G. Gilchrist |title=Note on the Modal System of Gaelic Tunes |journal=Journal of the Folk-Song Society |date=1911 |volume=4 |issue=16 |pages=150–53 |jstor=4433969}} </ref>

=== Relationship to diatonic modes ===
Each mode of the pentatonic scale (containing notes C, D, E, G and A) can be thought of as the five scale degrees shared by three different diatonic modes with the two remaining scale degrees removed:

[[File:Heptatonic and Pentatonic modes relationship v4.1 plain.svg|alt=Venn-like diagram showing the correspondence between each pentatonic scale and three different diatonic modes.|thumb|524px|left|Each pentatonic scale can be thought of as the five notes shared by three different diatonic modes.]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Pentatonic<br />scale
! Tonic<br />note
! Based on modes ([[Diatonic scale]])
! Base scale<br />degrees
! Modifications
! [[Interval (music)|Interval]] sequence
|-
! [[#Major pentatonic scale|Major]]
| C
|
* [[Lydian mode]]
* [[Ionian mode]] (Major)
* [[Mixolydian mode]]
| I–II–III–V–VI
| Omit 4 7
| W–W–3/2–W–3/2
|-
! Blues major
| G
|
* [[Ionian mode]] (Major)
* [[Mixolydian mode]]
* [[Dorian mode]]
| I–II–IV–V–VI
| Omit 3 7
| W–3/2–W–W–3/2
|-
! Suspended
| D
|
* [[Mixolydian mode]]
* [[Dorian mode]]
* [[Aeolian mode]] (Natural minor)
| I–II–IV–V–VII
| Omit 3 6
| W–3/2–W–3/2–W
|-
! [[#Minor pentatonic scale|Minor]]
| A
|
* [[Dorian mode]]
* [[Aeolian mode]] (Natural minor)
* [[Phrygian mode]]
| I–III–IV–V–VII
| Omit 2 6
| 3/2–W–W–3/2–W
|-
! Blues minor
| E
|
* [[Aeolian mode]] (Natural minor)
* [[Phrygian mode]]
* [[Locrian mode]]
| I–III–IV–VI–VII
| Omit 2 5
| 3/2–W–3/2–W–W
|}
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=== Intervals from tonic ===
{{Further|Interval (music)}}
Each mode of the pentatonic scale (containing notes C, D, E, G and A) features different intervals of notes from the tonic according to the table below. Note the omission of the semitones above (m2) and below (M7) the tonic as well as the tritone (TT).

[[File:Diatonic and Pentatonic scale intervals.svg|alt=Chromatic circle diagrams comparing the pentatonic scale intervals to the diatonic scale|thumb|524px|left|The intervals used in the pentatonic scale compared to the diatonic scale.]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
! rowspan="2"| Pentatonic<br />scale
! rowspan="2"| Tonic<br />note
! colspan="6"| Intervals with respect to the tonic
|-
! style="width: 5em"| unison
! style="width: 5em"| second<br />note
! style="width: 5em"| third<br />note
! style="width: 5em"| fourth<br />note
! style="width: 5em"| fifth<br />note
! style="width: 5em"| octave
|-
! style="text-align: left"| [[#Major pentatonic scale|Major]]
| C
| rowspan="5"| P1
| rowspan="3"| M2
| rowspan="1"| M3
| rowspan="4"| P5
| rowspan="2"| M6
| rowspan="5"| P8
|-
! style="text-align: left"| Blues major
| G || rowspan="4" | P4
|-
! style="text-align: left"| Suspended
| D || rowspan="3" | m7
|-
! style="text-align: left"| [[#Minor pentatonic scale|Minor]]
| A || rowspan="2" | m3
|-
! style="text-align: left"| Blues minor
| E || rowspan="1" | m6
|}
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