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G♭ Major Pentatonic scale

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About the G flat Major Pentatonic scale

G flat Major Pentatonic is the five-note major scale, open and singable with no notes that clash. It's used for folk, country, pop, gospel and countless melodies and solos.

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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.

Box 1fr 2
Box 2fr 4
Box 3fr 6
Box 4fr 9
Box 5fr 11

Notes and intervals

1 G flat Root
2 A flat Major 2nd
3 B flat Major 3rd
4 D flat Perfect 5th
5 E flat Major 6th

Shapes

Chromatic

C C♯ D♭ D D♯ E♭ E F F♯ G♭ G G♯ A♭ A A♯ B♭ B

Circle of Fifths

C G D A E B F♯ G♭ C♯ D♭ G♯ A♭ D♯ E♭ A♯ B♭ F

Related scales

Major Pentatonic in other keys

Modes

The same notes, starting on a different note.

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