Minor Pentatonic · GUITAR FRETBOARD
B Minor Pentatonic on the guitar fretboard
All 59 positions of the B Minor Pentatonic (R 3 5 7 10) on a standard-tuned guitar with 22 frets.
Notes and intervals
The B Minor Pentatonic is built from these tones — each shown with its interval (in semitones) above the root:
- B · R
- D · 3
- E · 5
- F♯ · 7
- A · 10
All positions on the neck
- 1st (high E) string · open string (fret 0) · 5
- 1st (high E) string · fret 2 · 7
- 1st (high E) string · fret 5 · 10
- 1st (high E) string · fret 7 · R
- 1st (high E) string · fret 10 · 3
- 1st (high E) string · fret 12 · 5
- 1st (high E) string · fret 14 · 7
- 1st (high E) string · fret 17 · 10
- 1st (high E) string · fret 19 · R
- 1st (high E) string · fret 22 · 3
- 2nd (B) string · open string (fret 0) · R
- 2nd (B) string · fret 3 · 3
- 2nd (B) string · fret 5 · 5
- 2nd (B) string · fret 7 · 7
- 2nd (B) string · fret 10 · 10
- 2nd (B) string · fret 12 · R
- 2nd (B) string · fret 15 · 3
- 2nd (B) string · fret 17 · 5
- 2nd (B) string · fret 19 · 7
- 2nd (B) string · fret 22 · 10
- 3rd (G) string · fret 2 · 10
- 3rd (G) string · fret 4 · R
- 3rd (G) string · fret 7 · 3
- 3rd (G) string · fret 9 · 5
- 3rd (G) string · fret 11 · 7
- 3rd (G) string · fret 14 · 10
- 3rd (G) string · fret 16 · R
- 3rd (G) string · fret 19 · 3
- 3rd (G) string · fret 21 · 5
- 4th (D) string · open string (fret 0) · 3
- 4th (D) string · fret 2 · 5
- 4th (D) string · fret 4 · 7
- 4th (D) string · fret 7 · 10
- 4th (D) string · fret 9 · R
- 4th (D) string · fret 12 · 3
- 4th (D) string · fret 14 · 5
- 4th (D) string · fret 16 · 7
- 4th (D) string · fret 19 · 10
- 4th (D) string · fret 21 · R
- 5th (A) string · open string (fret 0) · 10
- 5th (A) string · fret 2 · R
- 5th (A) string · fret 5 · 3
- 5th (A) string · fret 7 · 5
- 5th (A) string · fret 9 · 7
- 5th (A) string · fret 12 · 10
- 5th (A) string · fret 14 · R
- 5th (A) string · fret 17 · 3
- 5th (A) string · fret 19 · 5
- 5th (A) string · fret 21 · 7
- 6th (low E) string · open string (fret 0) · 5
- 6th (low E) string · fret 2 · 7
- 6th (low E) string · fret 5 · 10
- 6th (low E) string · fret 7 · R
- 6th (low E) string · fret 10 · 3
- 6th (low E) string · fret 12 · 5
- 6th (low E) string · fret 14 · 7
- 6th (low E) string · fret 17 · 10
- 6th (low E) string · fret 19 · R
- 6th (low E) string · fret 22 · 3
About the Minor Pentatonic
The minor pentatonic (R 3 5 7 10 — root, ♭3, 4, 5, ♭7) is the backbone of blues and rock soloing. The B minor pentatonic 'box' shapes are usually the first scales a guitarist learns for improvising.
Practice tips
Anchor every shape to its root — the gold R markers — and learn the distance to the other tones. The same shape transposes to any root by sliding it along the neck.
Open the interactive trainer and tap every B Minor Pentatonic tone across all six strings until the shape is automatic.