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