The pentatonic scale is sometimes looked down upon as "that scale that every amateur guitarist won't stop playing!" But the pentatonic scale is actually the closest thing we have to a universal scale of music. Across different cultures and styles, the pentatonic scale is often the foundational set of notes that writers and musicians just keep coming back to.
SOURCES:
What is a Raag?:
https://youtu.be/CBtFt3HUkT0
Anuja Kamat singing in different style
https://youtu.be/9VQjH0RrdXU
Andy Guitar on the Minor Pentatonic:
https://youtu.be/GnPEjGrOBFg
Bobby McFerrin:
https://youtu.be/ne6tB2KiZuk
Raga Bhoop:
https://youtu.be/XIFaymzKED8
Guzheng:
https://youtu.be/ujzMHLac404
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0:00 Introduction
0:58 Songs with Pentatonic melodies
2:24 Why the Pentatonic scales are "fool-proof"
4:35 Pentatonic guitar riffs
5:15 Amazing Grace
5:48 The Blues
6:47 Black notes on piano
7:38 Non-western music
10:35 Pentatonic harmony?