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C minor pentatonic scale on guitar

C minor pentatonic has 5 notes: C, E♭, F, G, B♭.

C minor pentatonic: notes, degrees and the semitones to the next note
NoteCE♭FGB♭
Degree1♭345♭7
Step32232

C minor pentatonic on the whole neck

Every C minor pentatonic note from the open strings to fret 15, in standard E tuning (E A D G B E), by name; by degree under "Show more".

C minor pentatonic scale, note names, frets 0 to 15F2G2Bb2C3Eb3F3G3Bb2C3Eb3F3G3Bb3C4Eb3F3G3Bb3C4Eb4F4G3Bb3C4Eb4F4G4Bb4C4Eb4F4G4Bb4C5F4G4Bb4C5Eb5F5G56E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
  • C minor pentatonic
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C minor pentatonic scale, degrees, frets 0 to 1545b71b345b71b345b71b345b71b345b71b345b71b345b7145b71b3456E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
  • C minor pentatonic
Degrees

C minor pentatonic in 5 positions

The neck split into the hand positions Practice Lab practices, one for each place a C falls on a string, with the notes its scale run fingers there.

C minor pentatonic, position 1, frets 1 to 545b71b345b71b3456E25A24D33G32B31E4012345
    Position 1: frets 1–5, 12 notes
    C minor pentatonic, position 2, frets 3 to 65b71b345b71b345b76E25A24D33G32B31E434567
      Position 2: frets 3–6, 12 notes
      C minor pentatonic, position 3, frets 5 to 8b71b345b71b345b716E25A24D33G32B31E456789
        Position 3: frets 5–8, 12 notes
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        C minor pentatonic, position 4, frets 8 to 121b345b71b345b71b36E25A24D33G32B31E489101112
          Position 4: frets 8–12, 12 notes
          C minor pentatonic, position 5, frets 10 to 13b345b71b345b71b346E25A24D33G32B31E41011121314
            Position 5: frets 10–13, 12 notes

            Triads in C minor pentatonic

            DegreeChordPages
            1CmC minor arpeggio
            ♭3E♭E♭ major arpeggio

            Seventh chords in C minor pentatonic

            DegreeChordPages
            1Cm7Cm7 arpeggio · Cm7 drop 2 · Cm7 drop 3 · Cm7 drop 2 and 4

            Same notes, other names

            These scales use exactly the notes of C minor pentatonic, starting from another root.

            Minor pentatonic in every key

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