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A♯ Minor Pentatonic scale

About the A sharp Minor Pentatonic scale

A sharp Minor Pentatonic is used for rock, blues, pop and riff-based music of every kind. Think of it as the five-note minor scale, the first scale most guitarists ever learn. It is A Blues Minor Pentatonic with the sixth lowered.

Its notes are A, C, D, E, and G. The formula is 1½ W W 1½ W. It is the fifth mode of C Major Pentatonic.

Also called Blues Pentatonic and Yu.

Learn more about the A♯ Minor Pentatonic scale

This scale draws four black keys from the piano, A, C, D, and G.

Notes and intervals

1A#A♯Root
2C#C♯Minor 3rd
3D#D♯Perfect 4th
4E#E♯Perfect 5th
5G#G♯Minor 7th
Steps1½ W W 1½ W
Semitones3-2-2-3-2
Degrees1 3 4 5 7

Shapes

Chromatic

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯A♭AA♯B♭B

Circle of Fifths

CGDAEBF♯G♭C♯D♭G♯A♭D♯E♭A♯B♭F

Related scales

Minor Pentatonic in other keys

Modes

The same notes, starting on a different note.

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Bb Minor Pentatonic scale on piano shown as colored note dots
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