About the C sharp Blues Minor Pentatonic scale
C sharp Blues Minor Pentatonic is used for blues and minor-key solos that want extra weight. Think of it as a dark five-note scale with a flat sixth in place of the fifth. It is C♯ Minor Pentatonic with the fifth raised.
Its notes are C♯, E, F♯, A, and B. The formula is 1½ W 1½ W W. It is the third mode of A Major Pentatonic.
Also called Rock Pentatonic and Malkauns.
E, A, and B are open guitar strings that sit inside the key, ready to drone under a riff. A guitarist finds the lowest C♯ at the 4th fret of the A string. A capo at the first fret brings C♯ Blues Minor Pentatonic within reach of C-shape fingerings.
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#C♯ | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | EE | Minor 3rd |
| 3 | F#F♯ | Perfect 4th |
| 4 | AA | Minor 6th |
| 5 | BB | Minor 7th |
| Steps | 1½ W 1½ W W |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 3-2-3-2-2 |
| Degrees | 1 ♭3 4 ♭6 ♭7 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Blues Minor Pentatonic in other keys
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
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