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Pentatonic boxes

The five positions of the A minor pentatonic on the neck – with root and degrees. To look up, print and share.

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How to read the boxes

  • Box 1 starts with the root on the low E string; each next box sits a little higher and shares its low notes with the high notes of the one before.
  • The number in a dot is the degree: 1 = root, ♭3 = minor third, plus 4, 5 and ♭7.
  • Amber = root, filled = note of the minor chord (1, ♭3, 5), ring = the other two (4, ♭7).
  • The number to the left of a diagram is the fret of its top row.
  • The same five boxes are the C major pentatonic: same notes, only the root is C.