G minor pentatonic scale

The scale of G minor pentatonic has 5 Notes: The Sun - If - Do - Reg - FaThat'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.

  • NotesThe Sun - If - Do - Reg - Fa
  • FormulaT ½ - T - T - T ½ - T
  • Notes by octave5 Notes
  • RelativaB♭ major pentatonic

Scale of G minor pentatonic Piano

SolDoReFaSolSi♭

Scale of G minor pentatonic with guitar

123456789101112MiFaSolSi♭DoReLaSi♭DoReFaSolReReFaSolSi♭DoReSolSolSi♭DoReFaSolSiDoReFaSolSi♭MiFaSolSi♭DoRe

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

Fees and intervals

GradeNoteInterval from the tonic
1Solfundamental
♭3Si♭third minor
4DoThat's right.
5Refair fifth
♭7FaJunto 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 the lower pentatonic Sun scale?

The lower pentatonic Sun scale has 5 notes: Sun - If - Do - re - Fa. His formula is T ½ - T - T ½ - T (T = tone, S = semitono, T ½ = tone and half).

What's the relative of the minor pentatonic Sun?

That's if peptatonic bemol major: they have exactly the same grades but they start at a different degree. The relative major is a third minor above.

Do you want to understand the theory by playing?

A teacher teaches you about scales, harmony and reading applied to your instrument, in virtual or at home classes in Bogotá.