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
- ABC♯EF♯
- Formula
- 12356
- Steps
- WWW+HWW+H
How to play the A major pentatonic scale
On guitar
e|---------------------5-7-| B|-----------------5-7-----| G|-------------4-6---------| D|---------4-7-------------| A|-----4-7-----------------| E|-5-7---------------------|
Position 1 · frets 4–7
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 1 2 3 1 2 3
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|---------2-4-| E|-----2-------| C|-1-4---------| G|-------2-----|
Position 1 · frets 1–4
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →Sounds great over
