Minor Pentatonic has 5 pitch classes. Its semitone formula from the root is 0 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 10. The example below starts on C; choose another root or tuning in the fretboard explorer.
Formula and notes in C
Five-note minor scale, common in blues and rock. Each step is the semitone distance to the next tone, with the last step returning to the root an octave higher.
Note in C
Interval
Semitones from root
Step to next tone
C
Root
0
3
D#
Minor 3rd
3
2
F
Perfect 4th
5
2
G
Perfect 5th
7
3
A#
Minor 7th
10
2
FREE FRETBOARD REFERENCE
C Minor pentatonic on the fretboard
Find each scale tone in a catalog tuning. Filled notes marked R are roots; outlined notes are other tones. Open strings are fret 0.
6-String Guitar · Standard · Frets 0–12 · All scale tones
Notes-per-string views select the first matching scale tones on each string at or above the starting fret, within a 12-fret window. These are position studies: crossing strings can repeat or skip pitches. They are not guaranteed continuous ascending runs or finger assignments. Four-note layouts can require stretches or position shifts.
Fret positions and pitches · first catalog string to last