About the C Whole Tone Pentatonic scale
C Whole Tone Pentatonic is five notes drawn from the whole-tone scale. It's used for impressionist and dreamlike music.
Positions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
Pentatonic boxes
The five shapes blues and rock are built on, the first scale most guitarists ever solo with, one box per note up the neck.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | C | Root |
| 2 | E | Major 3rd |
| 3 | F sharp | Augmented 4th |
| 4 | A flat | Minor 6th |
| 5 | B flat | Minor 7th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Whole Tone Pentatonic in other keys
D flat Whole Tone Pentatonic D Whole Tone Pentatonic E flat Whole Tone Pentatonic E Whole Tone Pentatonic F Whole Tone Pentatonic G flat Whole Tone Pentatonic G Whole Tone Pentatonic A flat Whole Tone Pentatonic A Whole Tone Pentatonic B flat Whole Tone Pentatonic B Whole Tone Pentatonic
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
