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F♯ Major Pentatonic Scale – Guitar

The bright, sweet-sounding pentatonic: country, pop and classic rock solos over major-key songs. Here it is in F♯: the notes, the whole neck, all five boxes with TAB, and a backing track to practise over.

Notes in the F♯ major pentatonic scale

• F♯1
• G♯2
• A♯3
• C♯5
• D♯6

Formula: 1 – 2 – 3 – 5 – 6. Use it to solo over songs in F♯ major.

Same five notes as the E♭ minor pentatonic scale – the shapes are identical, only the home note changes.

F♯ major pentatonic scale on the whole neck

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The 5 boxes (positions) with TAB

Each box is one hand position. Learn Box 1 first: play it up with the TAB, then back down, then move to the next box – together they cover the whole neck.

e|---------------------2-4-|
B|-----------------2-4-----|
G|-------------1-3---------|
D|---------1-4-------------|
A|-----1-4-----------------|
E|-2-4---------------------|

e|---------------------4-6-|
B|-----------------4-7-----|
G|-------------3-6---------|
D|---------4-6-------------|
A|-----4-6-----------------|
E|-4-6---------------------|

e|---------------------6-9-|
B|-----------------7-9-----|
G|-------------6-8---------|
D|---------6-8-------------|
A|-----6-9-----------------|
E|-6-9---------------------|

e|-------------------------------9--11-|
B|-------------------------9--11-------|
G|-------------------8--11-------------|
D|-------------8--11-------------------|
A|-------9--11-------------------------|
E|-9--11-------------------------------|

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

F♯ major backing track

Play the boxes over this, starting and ending phrases on the gold root notes.

Rock pop ballad Backing track in F# major – Joan Grados (Nitus)

Songs in F♯ major

These songs are in F♯ major, so this is a scale that fits for soloing over them:

• More Than Words – Extreme
• You Belong With Me – Taylor Swift
• Supermarket Flowers – Ed Sheeran
• I Knew You Were Trouble – Taylor Swift
• Everything Has Changed – Taylor Swift
• Every Rose Has Its Thorn – Poison
• Best Friend – Rex Orange County
• Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
• You And I – One Direction
• The Winner Takes It All – ABBA
• All Star – Smash Mouth
• History – One Direction

All songs in F♯ major →

Other scales in F♯

• F♯ Minor Pentatonic Scale
• F♯ Blues Scale
• F♯ Major Blues Scale
• F♯ Major Scale
• F♯ Natural Minor Scale
• F♯ Dorian Mode
• F♯ Mixolydian Mode
• F♯ Phrygian Mode
• F♯ Lydian Mode
• F♯ Harmonic Minor Scale
• F♯ Melodic Minor Scale

Major Pentatonic Scale in other keys

• C Major Pentatonic Scale
• D♭ Major Pentatonic Scale
• D Major Pentatonic Scale
• E♭ Major Pentatonic Scale
• E Major Pentatonic Scale
• F Major Pentatonic Scale
• G Major Pentatonic Scale
• A♭ Major Pentatonic Scale
• A Major Pentatonic Scale
• B♭ Major Pentatonic Scale
• B Major Pentatonic Scale