B♭ major pentatonic scale

How it is built

• Five notes: the major scale without its 4th and 7th. No half steps anywhere, so there is no wrong note over a major chord.
• D and G give it the bright, country sound. Bend C up to D and you have the classic major-pentatonic lick.
• Same notes as G minor pentatonic, three frets lower. Same shapes, different root.