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Practical implementation idea no. 1 

one of the most important tasks of music recognition software is classification like notes classification, chords classification, scale classification etc. Classification of major pentatonic scales positions is one challenging implementation that can be performed on python. this can be achieved by picking up a pentatonic scale and marking its all possible playing positions on the fretboard.

Pentatonic Scale - An Introduction
Pentatonic Scale literally means five tones per octave. On an otherwise scale of 7 tones , the pentatonic scale has its 4th and 7th tone missing. That's what makes it a very very special scale.

Origin of Pentatonic Scale

Pentatonic scale finds its origin way back to the ancient times and as they say that Music has no language , this is one such scale which is used almost in every nick and corner of this planet. That's the beauty of Pentatonic Scale!! The very old musical instruments found in traditional Asian, African and some American parts were surprisingly tuned to Pentatonic scale.

Pentatonic Scale in Today's Modern Music

It's almost everywhere. Starting from the beginners to the maestros; rock to jazz. Finding its priority place with Lead guitarists, the pentatonic scale will never let you down.

Practical implementation idea no. 2

Another interesting classification problem could be the minor pentatonic scale position. in order to implement this i have facissilitated the minor pentatonic scale chart position spread all across the guitar fretboard.

Click here to download the full version of the chart