Minor Pentatonic Scale Fingering for Guitar

The Minor Pentatonic Scale Fingering for Guitar

In today's tutorial we look a very popular scale that's used in rock, blues, country and pop.

The scale is called the minor pentatonic scale. This scale is easy to play---no real stretching is involved.

Practice this minor pentatonic scale fingering on the fifth fret.

Once you feel comfortable with the fingering, practice it on every fret.

Below you will find an audio example of the A minor pentatonic, C minor pentatonic, and G minor pentatonic scales played ascending

and descending.

A minor pentatonic

C minor pentatonic

G minor pentatonic

This lesson is excerpted from The EDGE: CORE Beginner Guitar Lessons Volume 1.