The minor pentatonic scale is made up of five notes per octave as opposed to a seven note (heptatonic) scale like the major and minor scales. It’s comprised of the 1, 3, 4, 5, and 7 notes of the natural minor scale. The black dots in each diagram below indicate the scale root notes.
Tips and tricks The formation of each minor and major pentatonic scale position is pretty much the exact same except for the starting point or root notes. Start by playing the first position of the minor pentatonic scale – let’s say in the key of A for discussion purposes. Note that you begin the minor pentatonic scale by playing the root note, the A on the fifth fret sixth string, with your pointer finger. Now, to play the major pentatonic in that same key, move your pointer finger down three frets to the second fret. This is where you will play position five of the major pentatonic scale (the exact same scale formation as the first position of the minor pentatonic scale). The key difference is that you will start the scale with your pinky on the A root note and not your pointer finger. This trick works for all five positions! Practice makes perfect Start by memorizing one position of the minor pentatonic scale at a time. Try to create different licks within that position. Then when you master one position, move on to the next. Experiment with different ways of connecting the two positions of the scale. For example, you can slide various notes up and down, hammer on, stretch your fingers to hit three consecutive notes on a string, or just shift your hands up or down on the neck. The key is practice and repetition. Stay tuned! Going forward, we’ll continue to post different licks structured around various positions of the pentatonic scales. We’ll start with more basic riffs and then work our way up. Eventually you should have a pretty cool collection of riffs that will help you in your journey to learning how to play lead guitar all the way up and down the neck of the guitar. Also see the scale charts for the blues scale. The blues scale is closely related to the minor pentatonic scale. It’s basically uses the exact same scale structure with one additional note per octave. The blues scale is used heavily throughout country and bluegrass lead guitar.
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Minor Pentatonic Scale For Guitar, With Positions, Patterns & More
Before we hop into the A minor pentatonic, let’s first take a look at its parent scale, the Am scale, to see how the scale is formed.
The A minor scale is a 7-note, diatonic scale made up of the notes A, B, C, D, E, F, & G. It’s the only minor scale that doesn’t contain any sharps or flats.
Since pentatonic scales contain 5 notes, we need to remove two from the minor scale in order to get the minor pentatonic. The two notes removed are the 2nd and 6th intervals.
Minor Pentatonic Scale. For Guitar. All 5 Positions. Printable Digital Download
This means the formula for the minor pentatonic scale is made up of the 1st (root), 3rd (♭3), 4th (p4), 5th (p5), and 7th (♭7) from the minor scale. For the A minor pentatonic scale, this gives us the notes A, C, D, E, and G.
Note that the intervals that make up the Am pentatonic scale are universal to all minor pentatonic scales. The only thing that changes is the root note from which the scale is built.
When you do this, you get 5 different positions of the A minor pentatonic scale, several of which repeat in different locations on the fretboard.
A Minor Pentatonic Scale Positions
We’ll go through each position and go over the note patterns, intervals, and recommended fingerings. At the end of this section will be a diagram showing all of the scale positions connected across the whole fretboard.
Note that the fingerings shown in the diagrams below are recommended based on how these scales shapes are typically used in music. Try to play through the scale positions as shown, but feel free to adjust them if a different fingering pattern works better for you.
When going through each scale position, it’s important to note the location of the root notes. Root notes help provide a reference point to quickly identify and navigate between scale positions.
F Minor Pentatonic Scale Diagram For Guitar
It’s also vital in order to know and understand where the other intervals in the scale are located relative to the root. This helps with targeting chord tones and being able to play over chord progressions, particularly when using a single scale. So be sure to pay attention to the patterns created by the root notes in each scale position and learn them as well as possible.
It’s important to note that while this position can be played in both octaves of the fretboard (the same note pattern is found starting on the 15th fret of string 6), the interval locations are always the same relative to each other. In other words, with the root on the 6th string, I can always count over two string and up two frets to find another root note.
The bottom fretboard diagram outlines the suggested fingering for playing position 1 of the scale. When practicing the scale, it’s a good idea to start and finish on a root note so you hear how the other intervals of the scale sound relative to the root.
B Minor Pentatonic Scale (five Positions) By Traditional
As you can see, the second position contains two root notes, found on the 7th fret of the 4th string and the 10th fret of the 2nd string, forming a common octave shape.
Alternatively, you could use the middle finger in place of the index on the notes played on the 8th fret of the 6th, 2nd, and 1st strings. This would prevent you from having to shift positions to maintain the 1-3 playing pattern.
The third position again contains two root notes, found on the 2nd and 5th strings. Use these notes as the starting points for playing across the scale.
A Minor Pentatonic Scale, Guitar , Open Position. Stock Illustration
When playing this position, a position shift is unavoidable. The fingering noted in the diagram requires two position shifts, but it can be reduced to one if you prefer to use the middle finger in place of the index finger on strings 4, 5, and 6. Again, the fingers shown in the diagrams are typically how you’ll come across it or want to play it when these scale positions are found in music.
The fingering for the fourth position is pretty straightforward, though some may prefer to use the middle and pinky fingers for the two notes on the 2nd string.
The fifth scale position also connects with the first as the scale positions start over again. These two positions connect via the following notes/intervals:
Using Pentatonic Scales On Guitar
Like the first position, the fifth position also contains three root notes, which are found on the 6th, 3rd, and 1st strings.
The fingering shown in the diagram can be altered by using the middle and pinky fingers when playing the notes on strings 6, 5, 2, and 1.
Notice the overlap in each scale position where it connects to the positions above and below. The diagram below shows more clearly how the positions are interconnected.
The A Minor Pentatonic Scale
From the fretboard diagrams above, you can see that the notes of the A minor pentatonic scale exist all over the fretboard and form distinct patterns, or positions.
Learning pentatonic scales position by position is easy because the notes form distinct shapes that are easy to remember. However, it’s a good idea to start combining these shapes early on so you don’t just view them as “boxed” patterns that are played independently of each other.
We can accomplish this by using extensions, which is basically a way to extend one scale position into another. So instead of playing the scale vertically across the fretboard, you play it horizontally up and down the fretboard.
How To Play The D Minor Pentatonic Scale On Guitar
I have a whole lesson on extending the pentatonic scale, but for this lesson I’m just going to focus on one extension pattern spanning three pentatonic positions. This extension is easily one of the most commonly used scale extensions in music.
Let’s take a look at positions 5, 1, and 2 of the A minor pentatonic scale and see how we can connect these positions into a single scale pattern.
You can practice playing this extension as you would any of the other scale positions. Start and finish on the root notes.
Minor Pentatonic Scale Guitar Positions
Also, while this extension spans three scale positions,
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