Pentatonic & blues
A♭ major pentatonic scale
Five notes and no half steps, so nothing clashes — the sound of country, pop and classic rock solos.
Its relative minor pentatonic is F minor pentatonic — same notes, different home note.
- Notes
- A♭B♭CE♭F
- Formula
- 12356
- Steps
- WWW+HWW+H
How to play the A♭ major pentatonic scale
On guitar
e|---------------------4-6-| B|-----------------4-6-----| G|-------------3-5---------| D|---------3-6-------------| A|-----3-6-----------------| E|-4-6---------------------|
Position 1 · frets 3–6
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 2 3 1 2 3 4
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|---------1-3-| E|-----1-------| C|-0-3---------| G|-------1-----|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →Sounds great over
