Fretwork

C# Minor pentatonic

The first scale most guitarists learn and the one most solos are built from. Five notes, no semitone clashes, and almost impossible to make sound wrong over a blues or rock progression.

Notes C#EF#G#B
Degrees 1♭345♭7
Intervals0 semitones · 3 semitones · 5 semitones · 7 semitones · 10 semitones
The whole neck
Note names Scale degrees Filled markers are the root.
135791215EADGBEEF#G#BC#EF#BC#EF#G#BEF#G#BC#EG#BC#EF#G#BC#EF#G#BC#EF#G#BC#EF#
Positions

Each of these fits under one hand without shifting. Learn one until you can play it without looking before starting the next.

Position at fret 3

357EADGBEG#BC#EF#G#BC#EF#G#B

Position at fret 8

912EADGBEC#EF#G#BC#EF#G#BC#E

Other keys