E minor pentatonic scale

The scale of E minor pentatonic has 5 Notes: My - Sol - La - Si - reThat's a scale. and with a great deal of character. It's the most widely used scale to improvise in rock and blues and the first that they usually learn guitarist and bassist.

  • NotesMy - Sol - La - Si - re
  • FormulaT ½ - T - T - T ½ - T
  • Notes by octave5 Notes
  • RelativaG major pentatonic

Scale of E minor pentatonic Piano

MiSolLaSiReMi

Scale of E minor pentatonic with guitar

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All notes from scale from 0 to 12, with tone (Mi) in color. The strings range from 1 (up) to 6 (down) as on a tablature.

Fees and intervals

GradeNoteInterval from the tonic
1Mifundamental
♭3Solthird minor
4LaThat's right.
5Sifair fifth
♭7ReJunto minor

Between note and note the scale goes as follows: T ½ - T - T - T ½ - T (T = tone, S = semitone), T ½ = tone and half). That formula is the same in any tone: if you learn it, you can put up a scale minor pentatonic from any note.

How to practice this scale

  • Touch them with a steamball with a pulse note and get up and up and about only as soon as you sound a couple.
  • He sings the name of the notes while you play them: so you train your ear and memory at once.
  • At the guitar you will learn by "boxes": five positions that are repeated along the mast. It starts with the one with the tone on the 6th string.
  • Improvises on a track or a single match: with these notes barely anything sounds "bad," so it's ideal to lose fear.

Frequently asked questions

What are the notes of My minor pentatonic scale?

The scale of My minor pentatonic has 5 notes: My - Sun - The - Si - re. His formula is T ½ - T - T ½ - T (T = tone, S = semitone, T ½ = tone and half).

What's the relative of My minor pentatonic?

It's a major pentatonic Sun: they have exactly the same grades but they start at a different degree. The relative major is a minor third above.

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