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Lesson 3

Musical

Example

(Oriental)

Lesson 3

Secret

Score

(Oriental)

Lesson 3

Score/

Music

(Oriental)

Pentatonic Scale - Oriental

Probably the most familiar usage of the pentatonic scale can be found in oriental music. Let's listen to this common mood:

The melody, played by the celesta, simply plays the notes of the C pentatonic scale. Listen again to the familiar quality of this pentatonic melody:

The celesta melody is accompanied by delicate harp arpeggios. Every note played by the harp is drawn from the C pentatonic scale: