Scale · Pentatonics

F 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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F minor pentatonic scale on the Guitar neck39 positions across 15 frets, E A D G B E tuning.FG#A#CD#FA#CD#FG#A#CD#FG#A#CD#FG#A#CD#FG#A#CD#FG#A#CFG#A#CD#F123456789101112131415EADGBE

Notes

  1. F1
  2. G#b3
  3. A#4
  4. C5
  5. D#b7

Also written as F · Ab · Bb · C · Eb.

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

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