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Pentatonic Major Scale on the Piano, and Example Songs

This scale is widely used in Africa and Asia (it’s the Chinese Mongolian scale), in Celtic music, and in North American folk, gospel and blues music. Some familiar songs that use the major pentatonic scale are:

  • “Auld Lang Syne”
  • “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”
  • “Amazing Grace”

Here’s an easy way to remember the interval order for this important scale: play the black keys only on the piano, starting with F♯ (that’s the first (leftmost) key in the group of three black keys).

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