About the F Blues Pentatonic scale
F Blues Pentatonic is the minor pentatonic, the five notes at the heart of the blues. It's used for blues, rock and pop solos.
Learn morePositions
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 | F | Root |
| 2 | A flat | Minor 3rd |
| 3 | B flat | Perfect 4th |
| 4 | C | Perfect 5th |
| 5 | E flat | Minor 7th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Blues Pentatonic in other keys
C Blues Pentatonic D flat Blues Pentatonic D Blues Pentatonic E flat Blues Pentatonic E Blues Pentatonic G flat Blues Pentatonic G Blues Pentatonic A flat Blues Pentatonic A Blues Pentatonic B flat Blues Pentatonic B Blues Pentatonic
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
