C# minor pentatonic scale for guitar
Fretboard fingerings, formula, and notes of the C# minor pentatonic scale (1 b3 4 5 b7) on guitar: C# · E · F# · G# · B.
Instrument
Scale
Root
Position
Frets15
1224
Chord
C# Minor pentatonic
1b345b7
E
B
G
D
A
E
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Legend
1
C#
· Root
b3
E
· Third
4
F#
· Tension
5
G#
· Fifth
b7
B
· Seventh
Scale sheet
C# Minor pentatonicFormula (degrees)
1 b3 4 5 b7
Notes in key
C# E F# G# B
Typical use
Rock and blues, over minor chords.
Minor pentatonic
The minor pentatonic is the most-used scale in rock and blues: five notes that sound good over nearly any minor or dominant chord in the same key.
Notes of the C# minor pentatonic scale: C# · E · F# · G# · B.