E Minor Pentatonic Scale

E minor pentatonic

Notes

E · G · A · B · D

Intervals

  • RootE (1P)
  • Minor 3rdG (3m)
  • Perfect 4thA (4P)
  • Perfect 5thB (5P)
  • Minor 7thD (7m)

Fretboard

EBGDAE357912EGABDEBDEGABGABDEGDEGABDABDEGAEGABDE
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Pentatonic box shapes

EBGDAE357912EGABDEBDEGABGABDEGDEGABDABDEGAEGABDE
Box positions
Box 1open · frets 0–3
EBGDAE3EGBDGABDEABEG
Box 2frets 2–5
EBGDAE35GADEABEGBDGA
Box 3frets 4–8
EBGDAE579ABEGBDEGABDEAB
Box 4frets 7–10
EBGDAE79BDGADEABEGBD
Box 5frets 9–12
EBGDAE91213DEABEGBDGADE

Diagrams

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

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