C Minor Pentatonic Scale

C minor pentatonic

Notes

C · E♭ · F · G · B♭

Intervals

  • RootC (1P)
  • Minor 3rdE♭ (3m)
  • Perfect 4thF (4P)
  • Perfect 5thG (5P)
  • Minor 7thB♭ (7m)

Fretboard

EBGDAE357912FGB♭CE♭CE♭FGB♭GB♭CE♭FGE♭FGB♭CB♭CE♭FGFGB♭CE♭
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Pentatonic box shapes

EBGDAE357912FGB♭CE♭CE♭FGB♭GB♭CE♭FGE♭FGB♭CB♭CE♭FGFGB♭CE♭
Box positions
Box 3open · frets 0–4
EBGDAE35FGCE♭GB♭CE♭FGB♭CFG
Box 4frets 3–6
EBGDAE357GB♭E♭FB♭CFGCE♭GB♭
Box 5frets 5–8
EBGDAE579B♭CFGCE♭GB♭E♭FB♭C
Box 1frets 8–11
EBGDAE912CE♭GB♭E♭FGB♭CFGCE♭
Box 2frets 10–13
EBGDAE121314E♭FB♭CFGCE♭GB♭E♭F

Diagrams

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

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