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
- C♯D♯E♯G♯A♯
- Formula
- 12356
- Steps
- WWW+HWW+H
How to play the C♯ major pentatonic scale
On guitar
e|-------------------------------9--11-| B|-------------------------9--11-------| G|-------------------8--10-------------| D|-------------8--11-------------------| A|-------8--11-------------------------| E|-9--11-------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 8–11
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 2 3 1 2 3 4
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|---------1-4-| E|-----1-------| C|-1-3---------| G|-------1-----|
Position 1 · frets 1–4
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →Sounds great over
