Printable Major Pentatonic Scale Chart
The major pentatonic gives a bright, happy sound used in country, folk, pop and southern rock solos. It uses the same five shapes as the minor pentatonic, starting from a different note. This chart shows it in G across the whole neck and in five positions.
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What’s inside
- G major pentatonic across the whole neck
- All five positions with scale degrees
- How it relates to the minor pentatonic
How to use it
- Print it and keep it beside you while you practice.
- Learn one position at a time, playing it up and down slowly with a metronome.
- Say the note names or scale degrees out loud as you play.
- When a position is smooth, improvise over a backing track using only those notes.
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Questions
What is the difference between major and minor pentatonic?
They use the same shapes but a different root. G major pentatonic has the same notes as E minor pentatonic; what changes is which note sounds like home.
What is a scale position?
A position (or box) is a group of scale notes you can reach without moving your hand much, usually across four or five frets. Five positions of the pentatonic scale join up to cover the whole neck.
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