THE PENTATONIC SCALE

also called the “G Shape Pentatonic Scale”

T 5 8 5
5 8 8 5
A 5 7 7 5
5 7 7 5
B 5 8 5 7 7 5
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open E A D G B E 1 23
This is the Minor 1 F F 4
Key root note
T
3 G G Fretting
This scale is in the hand
Key of A Minor
5 A 1st finger plays 5th fret
This is the Major
Key root note 7 3rd finger plays 7th fret
C 4th finger plays 8th fret
This scale is also
in the
Key of C Major 10 D D

Move the scale

up or down the
neck to change
the key.

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