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C♯ minor pentatonic scale

Notes in the scaleTap one to hear it and find it on the neck

  1. 1
  2. ♭3
  3. 4
  4. 5
  5. ♭7
Key
CC♯DE♭EFF♯GG♯AB♭B
Scale

Every C♯ minor pentatonic note on the neck.

3579121517EF♯G♯BC♯EF♯G♯BC♯EF♯G♯BC♯EG♯BC♯EF♯G♯BEF♯G♯BC♯EF♯BC♯EF♯G♯BC♯EF♯G♯BC♯EF♯G♯
C♯ minor pentatonic scale guide

The C♯ minor pentatonic scale

The minor pentatonic is the most used soloing scale on guitar. Its five notes fit in simple two-notes-per-string boxes, and it works over minor chords and over blues and rock progressions in the same key.

Its relative major is E major pentatonic, which uses the same notes starting from E.

Notes
C♯ E F♯ G♯ B
Formula
1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7
Steps
W+H W W W+H W
W is two frets, H is one fret

C♯ minor pentatonic scale positions

Five boxes cover the whole neck. Each one fits under your hand without shifting. They overlap: the top of one box is the bottom of the next.

  1. 3579121517C♯EG♯BEF♯BC♯F♯G♯C♯E

    Position 1

    Frets 9 to 12. Starts on C♯, the root, on the lowest string. Learn this one first.
  2. 3579121517EF♯BC♯F♯G♯C♯EG♯BEF♯

    Position 2

    Frets 11 to 14. Starts on E, the ♭3, on the lowest string.
  3. 3579121517F♯G♯C♯EG♯BEF♯BC♯F♯G♯

    Position 3

    Frets 13 to 17. Starts on F♯, the 4, on the lowest string.
  4. 3579121517G♯BEF♯BC♯F♯G♯C♯EG♯B

    Position 4

    Frets 4 to 7. Starts on G♯, the 5, on the lowest string.
  5. 3579121517BC♯F♯G♯C♯EG♯BEF♯BC♯

    Position 5

    Frets 6 to 9. Starts on B, the ♭7, on the lowest string.

Chords in C♯ minor

The C♯ minor pentatonic scale works over the chords of C♯ minor.