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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
NoteC♯EF♯G♯B
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 15E2F#2G#2B2C#3E3F#3B2C#3E3F#3G#3B3E3F#3G#3B3C#4E4G#3B3C#4E4F#4G#4B3C#4E4F#4G#4B4C#5E4F#4G#4B4C#5E5F#56E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
  • C♯ minor pentatonic
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C♯ minor pentatonic scale, degrees, frets 0 to 15b345b71b34b71b345b7b345b71b35b71b345b71b345b71b345b71b346E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
  • 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 2 to 645b71b345b71b3456E25A24D33G32B31E423456
    Position 1: frets 2–6, 12 notes
    C♯ minor pentatonic, position 2, frets 4 to 75b71b345b71b345b76E25A24D33G32B31E445678
      Position 2: frets 4–7, 12 notes
      C♯ minor pentatonic, position 3, frets 6 to 9b71b345b71b345b716E25A24D33G32B31E4678910
        Position 3: frets 6–9, 12 notes
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        C♯ minor pentatonic, position 4, frets 9 to 131b345b71b345b71b36E25A24D33G32B31E4910111213
          Position 4: frets 9–13, 12 notes
          C♯ minor pentatonic, position 5, frets 11 to 14b345b71b345b71b346E25A24D33G32B31E41112131415
            Position 5: frets 11–14, 12 notes

            Triads in C♯ minor pentatonic

            DegreeChordPages
            1C♯mC♯ minor arpeggio
            ♭3EE major arpeggio

            Seventh chords in C♯ minor pentatonic

            DegreeChordPages
            1C♯m7C♯m7 arpeggio · C♯m7 drop 2 · C♯m7 drop 3 · C♯m7 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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