Guitar scales · Major pentatonic
A major pentatonic scale on guitar
The A major A five-note scale. The minor pentatonic is the most used scale in rock and blues guitar solos. has five notes: A, B, C♯, E and F♯. As degrees: 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6.
Notes and pattern
The A major pentatonic scale
Five notes, no The smallest distance in Western music: one fret on the guitar, such as E to F or F to F♯.. Country, folk and sweet rock melodies. Play it to hear it up and down.
From note to note it climbs 2, 2, 3, 2 and 3 The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step.: there are no The smallest distance in Western music: one fret on the guitar, such as E to F or F to F♯., which is why it is so hard to hit a wrong note.
A major A five-note scale. The minor pentatonic is the most used scale in rock and blues guitar solos. has the same notes as F♯ minor pentatonic, starting from A. See that scale.
- A1
- B2
- C♯3
- E5
- F♯6
- A, the root
- Other scale notes
Positions
A major pentatonic in five positions
The A way of mapping the fretboard with the five open chord shapes C, A, G, E and D, moved up the neck to play any chord. splits the neck into five overlapping positions, one per A chord played near the nut that uses some unfretted strings, such as the open G, C or Em. shape. Learn one, then join it to the next.
A major · the whole neck
Five positions, each overlapping the next, repeating every 12 frets.
- Root (A)
- Pentatonic tone
Chords
What to play A major pentatonic over
Play it over songs in A major or F♯ minor. Over a blues in A (A7, D7 and E7) it gives a sweeter, country sound than the minor A five-note scale. The minor pentatonic is the most used scale in rock and blues guitar solos..
Same root
Other scales on A
Change a note or two and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. takes on a new mood.
Questions
A major pentatonic, in short
- What notes are in the A major pentatonic scale?
- The A major A five-note scale. The minor pentatonic is the most used scale in rock and blues guitar solos. has five notes: A, B, C♯, E and F♯. As degrees: 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6.
- What chords go with the A major pentatonic scale?
- Play it over songs in A major or F♯ minor. Over a blues in A (A7, D7 and E7) it gives a sweeter, country sound than the minor pentatonic.
- What is the relative minor of A major pentatonic?
- A major pentatonic has the same notes as F♯ minor pentatonic, starting from A.