Originally Posted by: BrokenJera is it based on the major or minor scale? does this apply to all the pentatonic scales as well as the modes and exotic scales? thanks in advance for any help.

The pentatonic minor is created by eliminating the 2nd and 6th tones along with flatting the 3rd and 7th tones of the Major scale.

ex: To create the C pentatonic minor scale one would eliminate the D and A notes and flat the E and B notes of the C major scale......The blues scale is also created from the major scale....same scale as pentatonic minor with the addition of the flatted 5th note.

Doug