G 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.

G 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
1G263
2A265
3B252
4D355
5E342
6G345
7A332
8B334
9D423
10E425
11G413
12E425
13D423
14B334
15A332
16G345
17E342
18D355
19B252
20A265
21G263
Original recording, chart and tablature

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E||----------------------|----------------------|------------3---------|
B||----------------------|----------------------|--3----5---------5----|
G||----------------------|------------2----4----|----------------------|
D||----------------------|--2----5--------------|----------------------|
A||------------2----5----|----------------------|----------------------|
E||--3----5--------------|----------------------|----------------------|

----------------------|----------------------|-------||
--3-------------------|----------------------|-------||
-------4----2---------|----------------------|-------||
-----------------5----|--2-------------------|-------||
----------------------|-------5----2---------|-------||
----------------------|-----------------5----|--3----||