Skala pentatonik

Skala pentatonik atau tangga nada pentatonik adalah suatu skala dalam musik dengan lima not per oktaf. Skala pentatonik biasanya digunakan sebagai dasar dalam memainkan jenis musik blues . Ada dua skala pentatonik yang paling sering digunakan yaitu skala pentatonik "Major dan skala pentatonik "Minor" . Pola interval pada skala penatonik "Major" adalah M2-M2-m3-M2-m3, sementara pada skala pentatonik "Minor" adalah m3-M2-M2-m3-M2.

Skala pentatonik ditemukan di seluruh dunia: dalam tuning krar di Ethiopia dan gamelan di Indonesia, juga pada melodi dari lagu spiritual Afrika-Amerika dan komponis Claude-Achille Debussy. Tangga nada pentatonik pada umumnya digunakan pada musik tradisional di Indonesia misalnya pada musik gamelan.

Bacaan lebih lanjut

• Pentatonicism from the Eighteenth Century to Debussy by Jeremy Day-O'Connell (University of Rochester Press 2007) – the first comprehensive account of the increasing use of the pentatonic scale in 19th century Western art music, including a catalogue of over 400 musical examples.
• Trần Văn Khê "Le pentatonique est-il universel? Quelques reflexions sur le pentatonisme", The World of Music 19, nos. 1–2:85–91 (1977). English translation p. 76–84
• Kurt Reinhard, "On the problem of pre-pentatonic scales: particularly the third-second nucleus", Journal of the International Folk Music Council 10 (1958).
• Yamaguchi, Masaya (New York: Charles Colin, 2002; Masaya Music, Revised 2006). Pentatonicism in Jazz: Creative Aspects and Practice. ISBN 0-9676353-1-4
• Jeff Burns, Pentatonic Scales for the Jazz-Rock Keyboardist (1997).

Pranala luar

• Pentatonic Scales for Guitar- A brief introduction
• Guitar Lessons of the Pentatonic & Blues Scale
• Alternative uses for the pentatonic scale
• Video: How to Play Pentatonic Panflute by Brad White
• Printable pentatonic scale shapes for guitar
• Pentatonic Minor - Learning The Five Scale Positions for guitar Diarsipkan 2010-02-14 di Wayback Machine.
• Detailed Examination of pentatonic scales in Southern Appalachian folksongs
• Discussing theory and use of pentatonic scale on guitar Diarsipkan 2010-07-01 di Wayback Machine.
• Pentatonic music of Aka Pygmies (Central Africa) Diarsipkan 2013-12-14 di Wayback Machine. with photos and soundscapes
• The Power of the Pentatonic Scale on World Science Festival