C# Major Pentatonic Scale

Learn the pattern, listen to the original example and practise at your own pace.

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Practise this scale

Standard tuning: E, A, D, G, B, E, from the thickest string to the thinnest. The tab keeps the positions used in the original exercise.

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C# Major Pentatonic Scale: standard notation and tablature. The complete note and fret sequence follows below.

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Read the notes and fret positions

String 1 is the thin, high E string. String 6 is the thick, low E string. Play one note per beat at 120 BPM, or choose a slower practice speed.

NotePitchStringFret
1C#369
2D#3611
3E#358
4G#3511
5A#348
6C#4411
7D#438
8E#4310
9G#429
10A#4211
11C#519
12A#4211
13G#429
14E#4310
15D#438
16C#4411
17A#348
18G#3511
19E#358
20D#3611
21C#369
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E||------------------------|------------------------|-------------9----------|
B||------------------------|------------------------|--9----11---------11----|
G||------------------------|-------------8----10----|------------------------|
D||------------------------|--8----11---------------|------------------------|
A||-------------8----11----|------------------------|------------------------|
E||--9----11---------------|------------------------|------------------------|

------------------------|------------------------|-------||
--9---------------------|------------------------|-------||
-------10----8----------|------------------------|-------||
------------------11----|--8---------------------|-------||
------------------------|-------11----8----------|-------||
------------------------|------------------11----|--9----||