E Minor Pentatonic Scale on Guitar

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

Notes

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

Same notes as

• G 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 E Minor)

• i: Em
• ii°: F♯°
• ♭III: G
• iv: Am
• v: Bm
• ♭VI: C
• ♭VII: D

Other instruments

• E Minor Pentatonic on Piano
• E Minor Pentatonic on Bass
• E Minor Pentatonic on Ukulele

More on E Minor Pentatonic

• Chord progressions in E Minor