Printable Minor Pentatonic Scale Chart
The minor pentatonic is the first scale most guitarists learn for soloing, and the one behind most rock and blues solos. Five notes, five positions. This chart shows the full neck in A minor and each of the five boxes with scale degrees, so you can move it to any key.
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What’s inside
- The A minor pentatonic across the whole neck
- All five positions as box diagrams
- Scale degrees in every dot (1, ♭3, 4, 5, ♭7)
- How to move it to any key
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
Which pentatonic box should I learn first?
Position 1, the box with the root on the 6th string. In A minor it starts at fret 5. Most famous rock and blues licks live in this box.
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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