Guitar scales · Minor pentatonic
E minor pentatonic scale on guitar
The E minor A five-note scale. The minor pentatonic is the most used scale in rock and blues guitar solos. has five notes: E, G, A, B and D. As degrees: 1, ♭3, 4, 5 and ♭7.
Notes and pattern
The E minor pentatonic scale
The first scale most guitarists learn: the backbone of blues and rock soloing. Play it to hear it up and down.
From note to note it climbs 3, 2, 2, 3 and 2 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.
E minor A five-note scale. The minor pentatonic is the most used scale in rock and blues guitar solos. has the same notes as G major pentatonic, starting from E. See that scale.
- E1
- G♭3
- A4
- B5
- D♭7
- E, the root
- Other scale notes
Positions
E minor 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.
Box 1 is in open position, with the The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7., E, on the open low E string.
E minor · G-shape position · box 1
Frets 0–3. The Em chord (Em form) is in ink.
- Root (E)
- Chord shape
- Pentatonic tone
Chords
What to play E minor pentatonic over
Play it over songs in E minor or G major, and over a 12-bar blues in E (E7, A7 and B7).
Same root
Other scales on E
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
E minor pentatonic, in short
- What notes are in the E minor pentatonic scale?
- The E minor A five-note scale. The minor pentatonic is the most used scale in rock and blues guitar solos. has five notes: E, G, A, B and D. As degrees: 1, ♭3, 4, 5 and ♭7.
- What chords go with the E minor pentatonic scale?
- Play it over songs in E minor or G major, and over a 12-bar blues in E (E7, A7 and B7).
- What is the relative major of E minor pentatonic?
- E minor pentatonic has the same notes as G major pentatonic, starting from E.