SCALE REFERENCE

G♯ Minor Pentatonic

G♯ – B – C♯ – D♯ – F♯1 b3 4 5 b7

Also written A♭ Minor Pentatonic — the same pitches spelled the other way.

The first scale most guitarists learn — five notes that carry rock, blues and pop solos. The relative of the major pentatonic.

Notes & degrees

G♯1Bb3C♯4D♯5F♯b7

Notes	G#, B, C#, D#, F#
Steps	3 – 2 – 2 – 3 – 2 (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 G♯

Core scales & modes

G♯ Major G♯ Natural Minor G♯ Harmonic Minor G♯ Melodic Minor G♯ Dorian G♯ Phrygian G♯ Lydian G♯ Mixolydian G♯ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

G♯ Major Pentatonic G♯ Blues G♯ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

G♯ Harmonic Major G♯ Phrygian Dominant G♯ Lydian Dominant G♯ Altered G♯ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

G♯ Whole Tone G♯ Diminished (Whole–Half)G♯ Diminished (Half–Whole)G♯ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

G♯ Hungarian Minor G♯ Double Harmonic Major G♯ Neapolitan Minor

Minor Pentatonic on another root

C C♯D♭D E♭D♯E F F♯G A♭G♯A B♭A♯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.