C "Black Key" Pentatonic Piano Scale

First, let's take a look and learn how to play the C "Black Key" Pentatonic Scale on your piano. To do this, play the following notes in ascending manner (from left to right, on your piano keyboard): C D F G A C.

This musical scale has 5 pitches per octave, and so it said to belong to the group of the Pentatonic piano Scales. For the non-music experts, this means that this scale simply belongs to the Five-note piano Scales, or Five-tone piano Scales , as dozens of many other piano scales do.

How to Play the C "Black Key" Pentatonic Scale

The C "Black Key" Pentatonic scale has 0 accidentals, and so you encounter this scale on music sheet you will see this scale written with a key signature that contains has no accidentals, meaning it has no sharps nor flats .

On the piano, it is much easier to visualize it, as this scale is made up of uses only 5 white keys of the piano keyboard - no black keys are used. Therefore to play this scale you will have to play theC, D, F, G, and A notes, starting from C

Harmonic Analysis of the C "Black Key" Pentatonic Scale

If we analyze the C "Black Key" Pentatonic Scale it is clear to see that it belongs to the group of Ambigous Scales as as the scale has no Third Interval. It is also considered to be a Modal scale, meaning that it is tonal center is not based on C. Scales that are modal are usually used in ethnic music.