Pentatonic & blues
E 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 G major pentatonic — same notes, different home note.
- Notes
- EGABD
- Formula
- 1♭345♭7
- Steps
- W+HWWW+HW
How to play the E minor pentatonic scale
On guitar
e|---------------------0-3-| B|-----------------0-3-----| G|-------------0-2---------| D|---------0-2-------------| A|-----0-2-----------------| E|-0-3---------------------|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 1 2 3 1 2 3
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|---------2-5-| E|-----3-------| C|-2-4---------| G|-------2-----|
Position 1 · frets 2–5
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →Sounds great over
