F 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.
• A and D give it the bright, country sound. Bend G up to A and you have the classic major-pentatonic lick.
• Same notes as D minor pentatonic, three frets lower. Same shapes, different root.