SCALE REFERENCE

F Major Pentatonic

F – G – A – C – D1 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

F1G2A3C5D6

Notes	F, G, A, C, D
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 F

Core scales & modes

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

Pentatonic & blues

F Minor Pentatonic F Blues F Major Blues

Jazz & altered

F Harmonic Major F Phrygian Dominant F Lydian Dominant F Altered F Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

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

World & exotic

F Hungarian Minor F Double Harmonic Major F 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.