Pentatonic & blues
G 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 E minor pentatonic — same notes, different home note.
- Notes
- GABDE
- Formula
- 12356
- Steps
- WWW+HWW+H
How to play the G major pentatonic scale
On guitar
e|---------------------3-5-| B|-----------------3-5-----| G|-------------2-4---------| D|---------2-5-------------| A|-----2-5-----------------| E|-3-5---------------------|
Position 1 · frets 2–5
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
