About the G flat Scottish Pentatonic scale
G flat Scottish Pentatonic is a bright five-note scale with no third, common in Scottish tunes. It's used for Scottish and Celtic folk music.
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 | G flat | Root |
| 2 | A flat | Major 2nd |
| 3 | C flat | Perfect 4th |
| 4 | D flat | Perfect 5th |
| 5 | E flat | Major 6th |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Scottish Pentatonic in other keys
C Scottish Pentatonic D flat Scottish Pentatonic D Scottish Pentatonic E flat Scottish Pentatonic E Scottish Pentatonic F Scottish Pentatonic G Scottish Pentatonic A flat Scottish Pentatonic A Scottish Pentatonic B flat Scottish Pentatonic B Scottish Pentatonic
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
