Scale · Pentatonics

A# minor pentatonic

Every guitarist's first scale. Whole careers in rock and blues fit inside these five notes.

Notes going up, in the Guitar sound.

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A# minor pentatonic scale on the Guitar neck38 positions across 15 frets, E A D G B E tuning.FG#A#C#D#FA#C#D#FG#A#D#FG#A#C#D#FG#A#C#D#FG#A#C#D#FG#A#C#FG#A#C#D#F123456789101112131415EADGBE

Notes

  1. A#1
  2. C#b3
  3. D#4
  4. F5
  5. G#b7

Also written as Bb · Db · Eb · F · Ab.

Formula

A 5-note scale — the distances are in the degrees.

Degrees

1 · b3 · 4 · 5 · b7

Chords in the scale

Triads that fit entirely inside A# minor pentatonic. The roman numeral is the degree: uppercase is major, lowercase is minor, ° is diminished.

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