Scale · Pentatonics

G 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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G minor pentatonic scale on the Guitar neck42 positions across 15 frets, E A D G B E tuning.FGA#CDFGA#CDFGA#CDFGA#CDFGA#CDFGA#CDFGA#CDFGA#CDFG123456789101112131415EADGBE

Notes

  1. G1
  2. A#b3
  3. C4
  4. D5
  5. Fb7

Also written as G · Bb · C · D · F.

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

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