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Piano Pentatonic Scales
PIANO SCALES The Pentatonic Scale is frequently used in lots of popular music styles.

There are both Pentatonic Major and Minor – the Minor is slightly more
Piano Major
Scales often used. Note that A Minor Pentatonic has identical notes with C

Major Pentatonic but in different order; D Minor Pentatonic has the

Piano Minor
Scales same notes as F Major Pentatonic and so it goes. Knowing this will make

it easier for you to memorize the scales.

Blues Scale Piano

Jazz Scale Piano Minor Pentatonic Scales

Here are pictures and notes of the Minor Pentatonic scales. These scales are very
Pentatonic Scales
common in many styles, but not least in pop and rock music. See also Major
Exotic scales Pentatonic Scales.

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answers Cm

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Printable Scales
Notes: C, Eb, F, G, Bb, C
Fingerings Fingerings (LH): 1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1
Fingerings (RH): 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3
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C#m / Dbm

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Dm
Notes: C#, E, F#, G#, B, C#
Fingerings (LH): 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 2
Fingerings (RH): 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2

Notes: D, F, G, A, C, D
Fingerings (LH): 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1
Fingerings (RH): 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3

D#m / Ebm

Notes: D#, F#, G#, A#, C#, D#

Fingerings (LH): 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1
Fingerings (RH): 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3

Em

Notes: E, G, A, B, D, E
Fingerings (LH): 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1
Fingerings (RH): 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3

Fm

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Notes: F, Ab, Bb, C, Eb, F

F#m / Gbm
Fingerings (LH): 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1
Fingerings (RH): 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3

Pentatonic Minor Scales

overview

C: C, Eb, F, G, Bb, C
Notes: F#, A, B, C#, E, F#
Fingerings (LH): 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3
C#/Db: C#, E, F#, G#, B,

Fingerings (RH): 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2 C#
D: D, F, G, A, C, D

Gm D#/Eb: D#, F#, G#, A#,

C#, D#
E: E, G, A, B, D, E
F: F, Ab, Bb, C, Eb, F

F#/Gb: F#, A, B, C#, E,

F#

Notes: G, Bb, C, D, F, G G: G, Bb, C, D, F, G

Fingerings (LH): 1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1 G#/Ab: G#, B, C#, D#,
Fingerings (RH): 1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 1 F#, G#

A: A, C, D, E, G, A
G#m / Abm A#/Bb: A#, C#, D#, E#,
G#, A#
B: B, D, E, F#, A, B

Intervals: 1, b3, 4, 5, b7

Semi-notes: 3 - 2 - 2 - 3 -

Notes: G#, B, C#, D#, F#, G#

2

Fingerings (LH): 2, 1, 5, 4, 3, 2 Formula: Whole and a half,

Fingerings (RH): 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Whole, Whole, Whole and a

half, Whole
Am
Major Pentatonic
Scales
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This five-note scale is

similar to the Major Scale,

but with the 4th and 7th

degrees removed. Major

Pentatonic scales are

Notes: A, C, D, E, G, A especially common in

Fingerings (LH): 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1 traditional folk music,
A#m / Bbm
Fingerings (RH): 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3 country and gospel. Here

are pictures and notes of

the Major Pentatonic

scales.

Notes: A#, C#, D#, E#, G#, A#

Fingerings (LH): 4, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3
Fingerings (RH): 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3

Bm

Notes: B, D, E, F#, A, B
Fingerings (LH): 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1
Fingerings (RH): 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2

Notes: C, D, E, G, A, C
Fingerings (LH): 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3
Fingerings (RH): 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3

C# / Db

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Notes: C#, D#, F, G#, A#, C#

Fingerings (LH): 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2
Fingerings (RH): 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4

Notes: D, E, F#, A, B, D
Fingerings (LH): 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 2
Fingerings (RH): 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 4

D# / Eb

Notes: D#, F, G, A#, C, D#

Fingerings (LH): 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3
Fingerings (RH): 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2

Notes: E, F#, G#, B, C#, E

Fingerings (LH): 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1
Fingerings (RH): 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3

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Pentatonic Major Scales

F
overview

C: C, D, E, G, A, C
C#/Db: C#, D#, F, G#,

A#, C#

D: D, E, F#, A, B, D

Notes: F, G, A, C, D, F
D#/Eb: D#, F, G, A#, C,

Fingerings (LH): 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3 D#
Fingerings (RH): 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 4 E: E, F#, G#, B, C#, E

F: F, G, A, C, D, F
F# / Gb F#/Gb: F#, G#, A#, C#,
D#, F#

G: G, A, B, D, E, G
G#/Ab: G#, A#, C, D#, F,

G#

A: A, B, C#, E, F#, A
Notes: F#, G#, A#, C#, D#, F# A#/Bb: A#, C, D, F, G, A#
Fingerings (LH): 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1 B: B, C#, D#, F#, G#, B
Fingerings (RH): 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3
Intervals: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6

G Semi-notes: 2 - 2 - 3 - 2 -

3
Formula: Whole, Whole,

Whole and a half, Whole,

Whole and a half

Notes: G, A, B, D, E, G Improvising with the

Pentatonic Scale
Fingerings (LH): 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3
The Pentatonic Scale is a
Fingerings (RH): 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 4
flexible scale for

improvising and apart from

G# / Ab
the standard way, which is

combining a scale with

chords in the same key,

you could also be outside

the key. By “being outside

the key” means that you

Notes: G#, A#, C, D#, F, G#
don't necessarily play

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Fingerings (LH): 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3 chords and scale that

Fingerings (RH): 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3 belongs to the same key.
A
For example, you could

play G Major Pentatonic

over a C Major chord or E

Minor Pentatonic over an A

Minor chord, this is called

superimposing.
Notes: A, B, C#, E, F#, A
Fingerings (LH): 2, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2
Fingerings (RH): 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1

A# / Bb

Notes: A#, C, D, F, G, A#
Fingerings (LH): 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 3
Fingerings (RH): 3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 3

Notes: B, C#, D#, F#, G#,B

Fingerings (LH): 1, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Fingerings (RH): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 1

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