Pentatonic & blues
F 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 D minor pentatonic — same notes, different home note.
- Notes
- FGACD
- Formula
- 12356
- Steps
- WWW+HWW+H
How to play the F major pentatonic scale
On guitar
e|---------------------1-3-| B|-----------------1-3-----| G|-------------0-2---------| D|---------0-3-------------| A|-----0-3-----------------| E|-1-3---------------------|
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|---------0-3-| E|-----1-------| C|-0-2---------| G|-------0-----|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →Sounds great over
