Pentatonic and blues scales

G minor pentatonic scale

The G minor pentatonic scale has five notes: G – B♭ – C – D – F. It is the natural minor scale without the second and sixth, which is why it rarely clashes with the chords of the key.

On the guitar neck

Every note of the scale up to the 15th fret. The coloured ones are the root.

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Notes

NoteInterval
GRoot
B♭Minor third
CPerfect fourth
DPerfect fifth
FMinor seventh

Which chords it works over

It sounds right over Gm and the other chords of G minor, and over a blues in G. The same notes make the B♭ major pentatonic.

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