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As with the major and minor chromatic scales above, pentatonic chromatic scales also incorporate an additional chromatic tone or tones into their 5 tone structures. An example of this altered scale type is the 6 tone "Blues Scale" with 7 notes to the octave from the root. Shown below is a comparison of some pentatonic and pentatonic chromatic scales from the root C, and the alternate range of chromatic tones for incorporation into the construction of a pentatonic chromatic or 6 tone tone scale.
|------------------------ Chromatic Tones ------------------------|
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1
c c# d d# e f f# g g# a a# b c
(d-) (e-) (g-) (a-) (b-)
C Pure Minor --- C D E- F G A- B- C
C Dorian --- C D E- F G A B- C
C Minor Pentatonic -- C E- F G B- C
C Blues Scale - C E- F f# G B- C
Altered C min Pen. - C E- F G B- b C
#2 Alt. C min Pen. - C E- F > G B- < C
C Major --- C D E F G A B C
C Major Pentatonic -- C D E G A C
Altered C Maj Pen. - C D E G A b C
#2 Alt. C Maj Pen. - C D < E G > A C