C "Hard" Pentatonic Piano Scale

First, let's take a look and learn how to play the C "Hard" 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 "Hard" Pentatonic Scale

The C "Hard" 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 "Hard" Pentatonic Scale

If we analyze the C "Hard" 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.