Lumpy writes :

> Paul P wrote:
>> I just read an interesting thing : taking any 5 consecutive
>> notes from the circle of fifths produces the major pentatonic
>> scale for the note you started on.
>
> It does?

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentatonic :

"Major pentatonic scale

[Anhemitonic] pentatonic scales can be constructed in many ways. One
construction takes five consecutive pitches from the circle of
fifths; starting on C, these are C, G, D, A, and E. Transposing the
pitches to fit into one octave rearranges the pitches into the major
pentatonic scale: C, D, E, G, A."

Paul P