E 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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Read the tab or choose a few notes to repeat. Use the numbered table under “Read the notes and fret positions” to choose the first and last note. Audio starts only after you press Play.

E 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
1E3612
2F#3614
3G#3511
4B3514
5C#4411
6E4414
7F#4311
8G#4313
9B4212
10C#5214
11E5112
12C#5214
13B4212
14G#4313
15F#4311
16E4414
17C#4411
18B3514
19G#3511
20F#3614
21E3612
Original recording, chart and tablature

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E||--------------------------|--------------------------|
B||--------------------------|--------------------------|
G||--------------------------|--------------11----13----|
D||--------------------------|--11----14----------------|
A||--------------11----14----|--------------------------|
E||--12----14----------------|--------------------------|

--------------12----------|--------------------------|
--12----14----------14----|--12----------------------|
--------------------------|--------13----11----------|
--------------------------|--------------------14----|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|

--------------------------|--------||
--------------------------|--------||
--------------------------|--------||
--11----------------------|--------||
--------14----11----------|--------||
--------------------14----|--12----||