Pentatonic & blues
C 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 A minor pentatonic — same notes, different home note.
- Notes
- CDEGA
- Formula
- 12356
- Steps
- WWW+HWW+H
How to play the C major pentatonic scale
On guitar
e|-------------------------------8--10-| B|-------------------------8--10-------| G|-------------------7--9--------------| D|-------------7--10-------------------| A|-------7--10-------------------------| E|-8--10-------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 7–10
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
