Guitar Scales - Pentatonic Guitar Scale

Hey Guys

To develope all good guitar techniques, you need to know your guitar scales. One of the first things I learnt on the guitar, after playing around with a few chords was the pentatonic guitar scale.

If you dont know any guitar scales, this is a good one to kick it off with.

The A Minor Pentatonic Guitar Scale:



E--------------------------------5--8
B--------------------------5---8-----
G-------------------5---7------------
D--------------5---7-----------------
A-------5---7------------------------
E-5---8------------------------------

The A minor pentatonic guitar scale starts on the 5th fret A on the low E string. There are 5 notes in the scale (hence the prefix "penta-"). The notes are A, C, D, E, G then the A again at the octave.

The intervals between the notes in the pentatonic guitar scale are 1.5 steps, whole step, whole step, 1.5 steps, and then one whole steps up to the octave (a half step is one fret or half tone, and a whole step is 2 frets or a whole tone).

The A Minor Blues Guitar Scale:

E--------------------------------------5--8
B-------------------------------5---8------
G-----------------------5--7--8------------
D-----------------5---7--------------------
A-------5--6--7----------------------------
E-5---8------------------------------------

The A minor blues guitar scale starts on the 5th fret A on the low E string. There are 6 notes in the scale so there's just one more note then a regular penatonic guitar scale. The notes are A, C, D, D#(Eb), E, G then the A again at the octave.

Guitar scales rock, and is the basis for all guitar techniques!!!
Enjoy!