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F minor pentatonic scale on guitar

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

F minor pentatonic: notes, degrees and the semitones to the next note
NoteFA♭B♭CE♭
Degree1♭345♭7
Step32232

F minor pentatonic on the whole neck

Every F 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".

F minor pentatonic scale, note names, frets 0 to 15F2Ab2Bb2C3Eb3F3Bb2C3Eb3F3Ab3Bb3C4Eb3F3Ab3Bb3C4Eb4F4Ab3Bb3C4Eb4F4Ab4Bb4C4Eb4F4Ab4Bb4C5F4Ab4Bb4C5Eb5F56E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
  • F minor pentatonic
Note names
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F minor pentatonic scale, degrees, frets 0 to 151b345b7145b71b345b71b345b71b345b71b345b71b3451b345b716E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
  • F minor pentatonic
Degrees

F minor pentatonic in 5 positions

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

F minor pentatonic, position 1, frets 1 to 51b345b71b345b71b36E25A24D33G32B31E4012345
    Position 1: frets 1–5, 12 notes
    F minor pentatonic, position 2, frets 3 to 6b345b71b345b71b346E25A24D33G32B31E434567
      Position 2: frets 3–6, 12 notes
      F minor pentatonic, position 3, frets 6 to 1045b71b345b71b3456E25A24D33G32B31E4678910
        Position 3: frets 6–10, 12 notes
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        F minor pentatonic, position 4, frets 8 to 115b71b345b71b345b76E25A24D33G32B31E489101112
          Position 4: frets 8–11, 12 notes
          F minor pentatonic, position 5, frets 10 to 13b71b345b71b345b716E25A24D33G32B31E41011121314
            Position 5: frets 10–13, 12 notes

            Triads in F minor pentatonic

            DegreeChordPages
            1FmF minor arpeggio
            ♭3A♭A♭ major arpeggio

            Seventh chords in F minor pentatonic

            DegreeChordPages
            1Fm7Fm7 arpeggio · Fm7 drop 2 · Fm7 drop 3 · Fm7 drop 2 and 4

            Same notes, other names

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

            Minor pentatonic in every key

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