Pentatonic Aural Work
- Pentatonic Minor -

Here are a few samples, all in A pentatonic minor, all starting on the tonic A, for you to find and develop. The pentatonic scales shorthand is given before each sound clip, but there’s no music.

Sample 1

These are the actual scale tones used:

Sample 2

This is the ‘bare bones’ string of the next audio clip:

There is a lead in, so T is not the first note you hear – the first three notes are 5, m7, T.

Sample 3

Here’s a string which doesn’t find it’s way back to the starting point. These are the ‘bare bones’, no lead-in.