Interactive guitar scale
G Major Pentatonic Scale on Guitar
G major pentatonic removes the two most tense notes from the major scale, leaving an open and melodic sound suited to country, folk, pop and southern rock.
Fretboard map
G Major Pentatonic Scale on Guitar notes
Root note Scale noteTap a note to hear it
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
e
B
G
D
A
E
How to use this scale
Play it over G, C, D and Em progressions. Blend it with E minor pentatonic to see how relative major and minor positions overlap.
A useful exercise
Improvise using double-stops on the top two strings and finish phrases on G or B.
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