Originally Posted by: CSchlegelGood post light487! One clarification. In contrasting F pentatonic minor, the relative major is better notated as A-flat instead of G-sharp.

Haha! :)

Well I wasn't even sure my post was correct.. It was more of a practise exercise in music theory for me than just a straight out reply.. :) It seemed right based on what I knew about modes.. but yeh.. I'm just glad I was right about it.. whether or not it's better notated as G# or A-flat is just semantics. :)

I'll never really understand why it's better to notate as flat instead of sharp in some cases.. the only time I've understood it is when the scale has two of the same "letter" in it.. like if the scale had A, A# then C, I would write the A# as B-flat. Anyway, it's not really important I guess, as long as everyone understands what you have said or written on the music etc