Connections between Pentatonic and Major scales..

Hi!

I started discovering major scales last week;) After playing and practicing non stop I decided to make small jam in G Major (I chose Sweet child o' mine for backing track - I knew that this song was built on G Major). When I was jamming I came up with putting together G Major scale with Pentatonic Scale and I found out that it makes cool sound when I join G Major with Pentatonic E scale together. It was just lucky that I join them together but I always want to know everything exactly and here is my question: how should I know which major scale sounds good with pentatonic scale?
For instance: I have got C Major - which Pentatonic scale will sound good with this scale? How should I find this information?

I'm looking forward to responding;)



Cheers.

PS:Sorry for my english but I'm from Poland..

A pentatonic

Thanks for answer but I still don't know how should I find it?

A MINOR Pentatonic will sound good with it. What you're getting into are called "relative keys". Relative keys consist of a Major key and a "relative minor" 3 half-steps below. This is why C Major and A Minor are relative (and subsequently, C Pentatonic Major or A Pentatonic Minor). Hope this helps!

And this is what I was looking for!:)
Thanks for great answer - I didn't know how to find relative keys and now thanks to you I know;]

Cheers!

Everything is relative: C major, A aeolian, G Mixolydian, etc...

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Those are actually Modes, not relative keys. Let's not confuse him any more than he needs to be. :P

I never said relative keys, I just said they were related :-P

Your comment was kind of misleading. Sorry about that.

C'mon now!! You should know aeolian and mixolydian are modes! Next time I'll use Ionian instead of major. My bad.

Anyway, I think I've derailed this thread far enough. Sorry about that.

Hey, just checking, but a C minor pentatonic is the same thing as a D# major pentatonic?

Yep, that's the idea. The same, in that they both contain the same notes and number of sharps and flats.