A Major Pentatonic Scale
The A major pentatonic scale has five notes: A, B, C♯, E and F♯. It is the A major scale without its 4th and 7th, which removes every half step — so almost nothing sounds wrong over A major chords.
Notes
- A1
- B2
- C♯3
- E5
- F♯6
Step pattern: W – W – W+H – W – W+H (W = whole step, H = half step)
| Degree | Note | Interval from A |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | Root |
| 2 | B | Major 2nd |
| 3 | C♯ | Major 3rd |
| 5 | E | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | F♯ | Major 6th |
On the piano
On the guitar
Root Scale tone
Related scales
Practise it
- Country runCountry · moved up 2 frets into A
Explore it on the full fretboard · Piano scale explorer · Metronome