Scales / Minor Pentatonic
Minor Pentatonic Scale on Guitar
The most common scale for rock and blues guitar. Five notes, no avoid notes.
Notes (in A)
A C D E G
Interval formula
1 b3 4 5 b7
A Minor Pentatonic across the fretboard
The diagram shows A minor pentatonic with the root note in red. The shape is movable: slide it along the neck so the root lands on a different note and you have the same scale in any key.
Explore it interactively
Open the minor pentatonic scale in the String Atlas explorer to hear it, change the key and tuning, switch between CAGED and three-notes-per-string shapes, and jam over an instantly generated backing track.
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