A minor pentatonic scale

A minor pentatonic

  • AR
  • C♭3
  • D4
  • E5
  • G♭7

Positions

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Solo over i–iv–v–i in A minor →Memorize this scale →

How it is built

  • Five notes: the minor scale without its 2nd and 6th. No half steps, so every note works over Am, and most work over a blues in A.
  • C is the flat third and G the flat seventh. Those two notes are the minor sound; bend G up to A to resolve a phrase.
  • Same notes as C major pentatonic, three frets higher.

Chords that fit A minor pentatonic

Other A scales