Pentatonic & blues
A♭ minor pentatonic scale
The go-to scale for rock and blues guitar solos, and the first scale most guitarists learn.
Its relative major pentatonic is C♭ major pentatonic — same notes, different home note.
- Notes
- A♭C♭D♭E♭G♭
- Formula
- 1♭345♭7
- Steps
- W+HWWW+HW
How to play the A♭ minor pentatonic scale
On guitar
e|---------------------4-7-| B|-----------------4-7-----| G|-------------4-6---------| D|---------4-6-------------| A|-----4-6-----------------| E|-4-7---------------------|
Position 1 · frets 4–7
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 3 1 2 3 4 5
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|---------2-4-| E|-----2-------| C|-1-3---------| G|-------1-----|
Position 1 · frets 1–4
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →Sounds great over
