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
- F♯ABC♯E
- Formula
- 1♭345♭7
- Steps
- W+HWWW+HW
How to play the F♯ minor pentatonic scale
On guitar
e|---------------------2-5-| B|-----------------2-5-----| G|-------------2-4---------| D|---------2-4-------------| A|-----2-4-----------------| E|-2-5---------------------|
Position 1 · frets 2–5
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 3 1 2 3 4 5
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|---------2-4-| E|-----2-------| C|-1-4---------| G|-------2-----|
Position 1 · frets 1–4
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →Sounds great over
