Minor Pentatonic · GUITAR FRETBOARD
G Minor Pentatonic on the guitar fretboard
All 59 positions of the G Minor Pentatonic (R 3 5 7 10) on a standard-tuned guitar with 22 frets.
Notes and intervals
The G Minor Pentatonic is built from these tones — each shown with its interval (in semitones) above the root:
- G · R
- A♯ · 3
- C · 5
- D · 7
- F · 10
All positions on the neck
- 1st (high E) string · fret 1 · 10
- 1st (high E) string · fret 3 · R
- 1st (high E) string · fret 6 · 3
- 1st (high E) string · fret 8 · 5
- 1st (high E) string · fret 10 · 7
- 1st (high E) string · fret 13 · 10
- 1st (high E) string · fret 15 · R
- 1st (high E) string · fret 18 · 3
- 1st (high E) string · fret 20 · 5
- 1st (high E) string · fret 22 · 7
- 2nd (B) string · fret 1 · 5
- 2nd (B) string · fret 3 · 7
- 2nd (B) string · fret 6 · 10
- 2nd (B) string · fret 8 · R
- 2nd (B) string · fret 11 · 3
- 2nd (B) string · fret 13 · 5
- 2nd (B) string · fret 15 · 7
- 2nd (B) string · fret 18 · 10
- 2nd (B) string · fret 20 · R
- 3rd (G) string · open string (fret 0) · R
- 3rd (G) string · fret 3 · 3
- 3rd (G) string · fret 5 · 5
- 3rd (G) string · fret 7 · 7
- 3rd (G) string · fret 10 · 10
- 3rd (G) string · fret 12 · R
- 3rd (G) string · fret 15 · 3
- 3rd (G) string · fret 17 · 5
- 3rd (G) string · fret 19 · 7
- 3rd (G) string · fret 22 · 10
- 4th (D) string · open string (fret 0) · 7
- 4th (D) string · fret 3 · 10
- 4th (D) string · fret 5 · R
- 4th (D) string · fret 8 · 3
- 4th (D) string · fret 10 · 5
- 4th (D) string · fret 12 · 7
- 4th (D) string · fret 15 · 10
- 4th (D) string · fret 17 · R
- 4th (D) string · fret 20 · 3
- 4th (D) string · fret 22 · 5
- 5th (A) string · fret 1 · 3
- 5th (A) string · fret 3 · 5
- 5th (A) string · fret 5 · 7
- 5th (A) string · fret 8 · 10
- 5th (A) string · fret 10 · R
- 5th (A) string · fret 13 · 3
- 5th (A) string · fret 15 · 5
- 5th (A) string · fret 17 · 7
- 5th (A) string · fret 20 · 10
- 5th (A) string · fret 22 · R
- 6th (low E) string · fret 1 · 10
- 6th (low E) string · fret 3 · R
- 6th (low E) string · fret 6 · 3
- 6th (low E) string · fret 8 · 5
- 6th (low E) string · fret 10 · 7
- 6th (low E) string · fret 13 · 10
- 6th (low E) string · fret 15 · R
- 6th (low E) string · fret 18 · 3
- 6th (low E) string · fret 20 · 5
- 6th (low E) string · fret 22 · 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 G 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 G Minor Pentatonic tone across all six strings until the shape is automatic.