It is used in many popular music genres such as pop, rock, blues, R&B, metal and in electronic music as well. However, they can be found in jazz and certain traditional music, too!
Pentatonic minor scale is most likely the first scale that you will learn no matter what instrument you are playing. Especially, if you are starting on the guitar.
Literally, 99% of today's music is based solely on the pentatonic scale, with the addition of natural minor or major.
But why is it like this?
It's a very easy scale to learn, remember and put to use. Plus, it's also easy to sing its notes and remember the intervals. In fact, many musicians (including famous ones) don't really know any other scale besides pentatonic. And the reason is quite simple - it does the job for them!
Melodies based on the pentatonic scale are very recognizable, easy to sing along, and they quickly stick with the average listener.
For example, let's take a famous Avicii's single "Wake Me Up."The song is in a key of B-minor, and it uses common Bm-G-D-A progression.
This pattern is also found in like 90% of pop music. The key and the chord order might be different, but the intervals stay the same.
The hook line, that makes this song what it is, is entirely in the B-minor pentatonic scale. Now you have an idea of this scale and why is so important! And even if you don't know it, you know it's that scale when you hear it!You can check out my full article on pentatonic scales here: https://chordchord.com/pentatonic-scale-explained-5-ways-to-use-it
Please let me know what are your thoughts on it!
Submitted September 19, 2020 at 01:56PM by Tetiana2020 https://www.reddit.com/r/Learnmusic/comments/ivw8gd/why_is_pentatonic_scale_so_popular/?utm_source=ifttt
Javier Rodriguez
Saturday, September 19, 2020