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
- ACDEG
- Formula
- 1♭345♭7
- Steps
- W+HWWW+HW
How to play the A minor pentatonic scale
On guitar
e|---------------------5-8-| B|-----------------5-8-----| G|-------------5-7---------| D|---------5-7-------------| A|-----5-7-----------------| E|-5-8---------------------|
Position 1 · frets 5–8
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 1 2 3 1 2 3
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|---------0-3-| E|-----0-------| C|-0-2---------| G|-------0-----|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →Sounds great over
