SCALE REFERENCE

E Major Pentatonic

E – F♯ – G♯ – B – C♯1 2 3 5 6

The major scale with the two notes that can clash (4 and 7) removed — five notes that sound right over almost any major-key chord.

Notes & degrees

E1F♯2G♯3B5C♯6

Notes	E, F#, G#, B, C#
Steps	2 – 2 – 3 – 2 – 3 (semitones)

Piano

Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Other scales on E

Core scales & modes

E Major E Natural Minor E Harmonic Minor E Melodic Minor E Dorian E Phrygian E Lydian E Mixolydian E Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

E Minor Pentatonic E Blues E Major Blues

Jazz & altered

E Harmonic Major E Phrygian Dominant E Lydian Dominant E Altered E Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

E Whole Tone E Diminished (Whole–Half)E Diminished (Half–Whole)E Augmented Scale

World & exotic

E Hungarian Minor E Double Harmonic Major E Neapolitan Minor

Major Pentatonic on another root

C C♯D♭D E♭E F F♯G♭G A♭G♯A B♭B

Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.