Pentatonic & blues
E 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 C♯ minor pentatonic — same notes, different home note.
- Notes
- EF♯G♯BC♯
- Formula
- 12356
- Steps
- WWW+HWW+H
How to play the E major pentatonic scale
On guitar
e|---------------------0-2-| B|-----------------0-2-----| G|--------------1-1---------| D|----------1-2-------------| A|------1-2-----------------| E|-0-2---------------------|
Position 1 · frets -1–2
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|-------1-----|
Position 1 · frets 1–4
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →Sounds great over
