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G♯ Minor Pentatonic Scale – Guitar

The first scale most guitarists learn for soloing: five notes, five boxes, and the sound of almost every rock and blues solo. Here it is in G♯: the notes, the whole neck, all five boxes with TAB, and a backing track to practise over.

Notes in the G♯ minor pentatonic scale

• G♯1
• Bb3
• C♯4
• D♯5
• F♯b7

Formula: 1 – b3 – 4 – 5 – b7. Use it to solo over songs in G♯ minor, and over G♯ blues and rock progressions.

Same five notes as the B major pentatonic scale – the shapes are identical, only the home note changes.

G♯ minor 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|---------------------4-7-|
B|-----------------4-7-----|
G|-------------4-6---------|
D|---------4-6-------------|
A|-----4-6-----------------|
E|-4-7---------------------|

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

e|-------------------------------9--11-|
B|-------------------------9--12-------|
G|-------------------8--11-------------|
D|-------------9--11-------------------|
A|-------9--11-------------------------|
E|-9--11-------------------------------|

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

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

3 G♯ minor licks to play with it

Box 1 licks from the JamEase lick library, written for G♯ minor (h = hammer-on, p = pull-off, / = slide, b = bend, ~ = vibrato).

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

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|-------4h-6--4--------|
E|-4h-7-----------7p-4--|

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

G♯ minor backing track

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

Psychedelic Bluesy Groove | Guitar Backing Track Jam in G# Minor – Elevated Jam Tracks

Songs in G♯ minor

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

• Sailor Song – Gigi Perez
• Stolen Dance – Milky Chance
• Youll Be Safe Here – Rivermaya
• Hit The Road Jack – Ray Charles
• Naive – The Kooks
• Be Alright – Dean Lewis
• Snow Hey Oh – Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Dont Cry – Guns N' Roses
• Still Loving You – Scorpions
• Our God – Chris Tomlin
• Lonely Day – System Of A Down
• Runaway – AURORA

All songs in G♯ minor →

Other scales in G♯

• A♭ Major Pentatonic Scale
• G♯ Blues Scale
• A♭ Major Blues Scale
• A♭ Major Scale
• G♯ Natural Minor Scale
• G♯ Dorian Mode
• A♭ Mixolydian Mode
• G♯ Phrygian Mode
• A♭ Lydian Mode
• G♯ Harmonic Minor Scale
• G♯ Melodic Minor Scale

Minor Pentatonic Scale in other keys

• C Minor Pentatonic Scale
• C♯ Minor Pentatonic Scale
• D Minor Pentatonic Scale
• E♭ Minor Pentatonic Scale
• E Minor Pentatonic Scale
• F Minor Pentatonic Scale
• F♯ Minor Pentatonic Scale
• G Minor Pentatonic Scale
• A Minor Pentatonic Scale
• B♭ Minor Pentatonic Scale
• B Minor Pentatonic Scale