Lessons ❭ Alternate Tunings ❭ Open G ❭ Scales ❭ E Minor Pentatonic
The note formula for the Minor Pentatonic Scale is the 1, 3♭, 4, 5, and 7♭ notes of the root note's major scale scale. The notes used in the E minor pentatonic scale are: E (1st or root), G (flat 3rd), A (4th), B (5th, and D (flat 7th).
D|--------------------------------2--------------------------------| B|--------------------------0--3-----3--0--------------------------| G|--------------------0--2-----------------2--0--------------------| D|--------------0--2-----------------------------2--0--------------| G|-----0--2--4-----------------------------------------4--2--0-----| D|--2-----------------------------------------------------------2--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------3-----------------------------| G|-----------------------2--4-----4--2-----------------------| D|-----------------2--5-----------------5--2-----------------| G|--------2--4--7-----------------------------7--4--2--------| D|--2--5-----------------------------------------------5--2--|