A Minor Pentatonic Scale

A minor pentatonic

Notes

A · C · D · E · G

Intervals

  • RootA (1P)
  • Minor 3rdC (3m)
  • Perfect 4thD (4P)
  • Perfect 5thE (5P)
  • Minor 7thG (7m)

Fretboard

EBGDAE357912EGACDECDEGAGACDEGDEGACDACDEGAEGACDE
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Pentatonic box shapes

EBGDAE357912EGACDECDEGAGACDEGDEGACDACDEGAEGACDE
Box positions
Box 4open · frets 0–3
EBGDAE3EGCDGADEACEG
Box 5frets 2–5
EBGDAE35GADEACEGCDGA
Box 1frets 5–8
EBGDAE579ACEGCDEGADEAC
Box 2frets 7–10
EBGDAE79CDGADEACEGCD
Box 3frets 9–13
EBGDAE9121314DEACEGACDEGADE

Diagrams

A Minor Pentatonic Scale fretboard charts — tap any diagram to open it full size to save or print.

A Minor Pentatonic Scale — notes A, C, D, E, G shown across the full guitar fretboard, frets 0 to 12.
Whole neck — frets 0–12
A Minor Pentatonic Scale — five pentatonic box positions shown as fretboard neck slices.
Five pentatonic box positions