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