A Minor pentatonicScale
Formula
A Minor pentatonic on the chromatic circle
A Minor pentatonic has the notes of C Major pentatonic, started from A. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.
A Minor pentatonic across the fretboard
Every note of the scale up to the 16th fret, named by its degree. The root is a ring. Step through the five CAGED positions one at a time in the scale library.
Where A Minor pentatonic fits
The first scale most guitarists learn: blues, rock and metal solos over minor and dominant chords. It works over all three chords of a 12-bar blues in its key.
Minor pentatonic scale in every key
A Minor pentatonic scale questions
What notes are in the A Minor pentatonic scale?
A C D E G. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7.
What is the A Minor pentatonic scale formula?
1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7, or in steps between the notes, 1½ W W 1½ W (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).
How do you play the A Minor pentatonic scale on guitar?
This page draws every note of A Minor pentatonic up to the 16th fret, each named by its degree with the root as a ring. To learn it a few frets at a time, open it in the scale library and step through its five CAGED positions, from the G shape to the E shape to the D shape to the C shape to the A shape.
When is the A Minor pentatonic scale used?
The first scale most guitarists learn: blues, rock and metal solos over minor and dominant chords. It works over all three chords of a 12-bar blues in its key.