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Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 3

By on May 30, 2007 in Music Theory, Peak Performance

Table of contents for Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale

  1. Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 1
  2. Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 2
  3. Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 3
  4. Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 4
  5. Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 5
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  7. Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 7
  8. Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 8
  9. Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 9
  10. Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 10
  11. Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 11
  12. Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 12
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  14. Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 14

This dominant 7 pentatonic pattern is similar to the previous pattern. It still moves up a half step for a total of 2 notes in an eight note pattern. But this time, the transposed notes are the fifth and eighth notes in the sequence. This means that you have to transpose up a half-step twice during the pattern, rather than just once.
Pentatonic Pattern 3

If you’re paying attention, you’ll notice that this pattern creates shapes that invoke other keys than just C and D flat. For instance in bar 2, the transposed pattern invokes an E minor arpeggio with a Major 7th leading tone. There are other nice little sonic easter eggs in there if you go searching.

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Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 3

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