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How to work out scales / minor pentatonic scale



Minor pentatonic scale

Here is a scale reference of all 12 notes used in western music:

Chromatic-scale reference:

G, G# , A , A# , B , C , C# , D , D# , E , F , F# , G , G# , A , A# etc

The minor pentatonic step pattern:

Tone & 1/2 , Tone , Tone , Tone & 1/2 , Tone

If we take the example of C; a tone-&-1/2 (or three semitones) up from C is D#, a tone up from D# is F and a tone up from F is G. The next step is a tone-&-1/2 (or three frets) once again, giving us an A#. Finally, we have a last tone step which gives us our root note of C.

The C minor-pentatonic scale is therefore:

C , D# , F , G , A# , C

As with the major-scale, click here to download and print a table that you can fill out. It will open in a new window / tab. Once you complete this table, you will have a record of the minor pentatonic scale in all 12 possible keys.
 

Follow these links to work out the natural-minor and/or major pentatonic scales -

* Natural-minor scale * Major pentatonic scale *