Scale · Pentatonics

C 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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Tuning

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C minor pentatonic scale on the Guitar neck41 positions across 15 frets, E A D G B E tuning.FGA#CD#FGA#CD#FGA#CD#FGA#CD#FGA#CD#FGA#CD#FGA#CFGA#CD#FG123456789101112131415EADGBE

Notes

  1. C1
  2. D#b3
  3. F4
  4. G5
  5. A#b7

Also written as C · Eb · F · G · Bb.

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 C minor pentatonic. The roman numeral is the degree: uppercase is major, lowercase is minor, ° is diminished.

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