A Minor Pentatonic Scale on Guitar

A Minor Pentatonic: A C D E G. See every note on the guitar fretboard, the scale formula and the chords that fit.

Notes

• Notes: A C D E G
• Formula: 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7
• Steps (W whole, 1½ step and a half): 1½ W W 1½ W

Same notes as

• C Major Pentatonic

About the Minor Pentatonic scale

• Five notes, and the first scale most guitarists solo with.
• Rock and blues solos: it works over a whole minor or blues progression.

Chords that fit (from A Minor)

• i: Am
• ii°: B°
• ♭III: C
• iv: Dm
• v: Em
• ♭VI: F
• ♭VII: G

Other instruments

• A Minor Pentatonic on Piano
• A Minor Pentatonic on Bass
• A Minor Pentatonic on Ukulele

More on A Minor Pentatonic

• Chord progressions in A Minor