The Major Pentatonic is used in country or country blues. Basically, any chord progression that would use the Major Scale. Pentatonic scales have just 5 notes. There are five different major pentatonic scale patterns also known as boxes.

Major Pentatonic Scale Shapes
Major Pentatonic Scale Shapes
Major Pentatonic Scale Shapes
Major Pentatonic Scale Shapes
Major Pentatonic Scale Shapes

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Triads – Major Inversions

The following example uses Major Triads in C.Root inversion - root is on the lowest noteE---------B---------G------0--D----2----A--3------E--------- C E G R 3 5First inversion - root is on highest noteE---------B------1--G----0----D--2------A---------E--------- E

Chord Intervals

Chord Intervals

All Major Triads – 4th String Set

All Major Triads 4th String SetA MajorE--0--5--9---12--B--2--5--10--14--G--2--6--9---14--D----------------A----------------E----------------B MajorE--2--7--11--14--B--4--7--12--12--G--4--8--11--12--D----------------A----------------E----------------C MajorE--0--3--8--12--B--1--5--8--13--G--0--5--9--12--D---------------A---------------E---------------D MajorE--2--5--10--14--B--2--7--10--15--G--2--7--11--14--D----------------A----------------E----------------E MajorE--0--4--7--12--B--0--5--9--12--G--1--4--9--13--D---------------A---------------E---------------F MajorE--1--5--8---13--B--1--6--10--13--G--2--5--10--14--D----------------A----------------E----------------G MajorE--3--7--10--15--B--3--8--12--15--G--4--7--12--16--D----------------A----------------E----------------