Minor Pentatonic · GUITAR FRETBOARD
F Minor Pentatonic on the guitar fretboard
All 56 positions of the F Minor Pentatonic (R 3 5 7 10) on a standard-tuned guitar with 22 frets.
Notes and intervals
The F Minor Pentatonic is built from these tones — each shown with its interval (in semitones) above the root:
- F · R
- G♯ · 3
- A♯ · 5
- C · 7
- D♯ · 10
All positions on the neck
- 1st (high E) string · fret 1 · R
- 1st (high E) string · fret 4 · 3
- 1st (high E) string · fret 6 · 5
- 1st (high E) string · fret 8 · 7
- 1st (high E) string · fret 11 · 10
- 1st (high E) string · fret 13 · R
- 1st (high E) string · fret 16 · 3
- 1st (high E) string · fret 18 · 5
- 1st (high E) string · fret 20 · 7
- 2nd (B) string · fret 1 · 7
- 2nd (B) string · fret 4 · 10
- 2nd (B) string · fret 6 · R
- 2nd (B) string · fret 9 · 3
- 2nd (B) string · fret 11 · 5
- 2nd (B) string · fret 13 · 7
- 2nd (B) string · fret 16 · 10
- 2nd (B) string · fret 18 · R
- 2nd (B) string · fret 21 · 3
- 3rd (G) string · fret 1 · 3
- 3rd (G) string · fret 3 · 5
- 3rd (G) string · fret 5 · 7
- 3rd (G) string · fret 8 · 10
- 3rd (G) string · fret 10 · R
- 3rd (G) string · fret 13 · 3
- 3rd (G) string · fret 15 · 5
- 3rd (G) string · fret 17 · 7
- 3rd (G) string · fret 20 · 10
- 3rd (G) string · fret 22 · R
- 4th (D) string · fret 1 · 10
- 4th (D) string · fret 3 · R
- 4th (D) string · fret 6 · 3
- 4th (D) string · fret 8 · 5
- 4th (D) string · fret 10 · 7
- 4th (D) string · fret 13 · 10
- 4th (D) string · fret 15 · R
- 4th (D) string · fret 18 · 3
- 4th (D) string · fret 20 · 5
- 4th (D) string · fret 22 · 7
- 5th (A) string · fret 1 · 5
- 5th (A) string · fret 3 · 7
- 5th (A) string · fret 6 · 10
- 5th (A) string · fret 8 · R
- 5th (A) string · fret 11 · 3
- 5th (A) string · fret 13 · 5
- 5th (A) string · fret 15 · 7
- 5th (A) string · fret 18 · 10
- 5th (A) string · fret 20 · R
- 6th (low E) string · fret 1 · R
- 6th (low E) string · fret 4 · 3
- 6th (low E) string · fret 6 · 5
- 6th (low E) string · fret 8 · 7
- 6th (low E) string · fret 11 · 10
- 6th (low E) string · fret 13 · R
- 6th (low E) string · fret 16 · 3
- 6th (low E) string · fret 18 · 5
- 6th (low E) string · fret 20 · 7
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 F 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 F Minor Pentatonic tone across all six strings until the shape is automatic.