SCALE REFERENCE

G♭ Major Pentatonic

G♭ – A♭ – B♭ – D♭ – E♭1 2 3 5 6

Also written F♯ Major Pentatonic — the same pitches spelled the other way.

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
G♭1A♭2B♭3D♭5E♭6
NotesGb, Ab, Bb, Db, Eb
Steps2 – 2 – 3 – 2 – 3 (semitones)
Piano
G♭A♭B♭D♭E♭
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eG♭A♭B♭D♭E♭BD♭E♭G♭A♭B♭GA♭B♭D♭E♭G♭DE♭G♭A♭B♭D♭AB♭D♭E♭G♭A♭EG♭A♭B♭D♭E♭

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

357912AB♭D♭E♭G♭A♭EG♭A♭B♭D♭E♭CD♭E♭G♭A♭B♭GA♭B♭D♭E♭G♭

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

Other scales on G♭

Core scales & modes

G♭ MajorG♭ Natural MinorG♭ Harmonic MinorG♭ Melodic MinorG♭ DorianG♭ PhrygianG♭ LydianG♭ MixolydianG♭ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

G♭ Minor PentatonicG♭ BluesG♭ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

G♭ Harmonic MajorG♭ Phrygian DominantG♭ Lydian DominantG♭ AlteredG♭ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

G♭ Whole ToneG♭ Diminished (Whole–Half)G♭ Diminished (Half–Whole)G♭ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

G♭ Hungarian MinorG♭ Double Harmonic MajorG♭ Neapolitan Minor
Major Pentatonic on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯G♭GA♭G♯AB♭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.