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A major pentatonic scale on piano

Notes: A – B – C♯ – E – F♯

Five notes, no half steps: the major scale without its 4th and 7th degrees. It can’t sound wrong, hence its success for improvising, from folk music to pop.

How it is built

Steps between the notes (W = whole step, H = half step): W – W – W+H – W – W+H.

Relative key: F♯ minor.

Other A scales

A major · A minor · A harmonic minor · A minor pentatonic · A blues