A Minor Pentatonic Guitar Scale

A Minor Pentatonic in Double Drop D — Notes and Intervals

The A Minor Pentatonic scale is the most influential scale in the history of rock and guitar music. On Guitar, its notes are A, C, D, E, G. It offers a gritty, powerful, and bluesy sound that is highly versatile, serving as the primary tool for improvising solos in rock, blues, and metal and providing a safe but expressive framework for beginners and pros alike. Commonly used in Blues, Rock, Metal, R&B, Funk. Notable players include Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, B.B. King, Slash, Angus Young. Use over minor chords, dominant 7th chords (in blues), and power chords. The backbone of rock and blues guitar for 70+ years.

Notes: A, C, D, E, G

Intervals: 1P, 3m, 4P, 5P, 7m

Degrees: 1 b2 3 4 b5

Formula: WH-W-W-WH-W

Number of notes: 5

Tuning: Double Drop D (D-B-G-D-A-D)

Also known as: vietnamese 2

Explore This Scale in Other Tunings

• A Minor Pentatonic in Standard Tuning
• A Minor Pentatonic in Drop D
• A Minor Pentatonic in DADGAD
• A Minor Pentatonic in Open G
• A Minor Pentatonic in Baritone (B Standard)
• A Minor Pentatonic in 7-string
• A Minor Pentatonic in 8-string
• A Minor Pentatonic in Drop C
• A Minor Pentatonic in Drop B
• A Minor Pentatonic in Open D
• A Minor Pentatonic in Half Step Down
• A Minor Pentatonic in Open E
• A Minor Pentatonic in Open A
• A Minor Pentatonic in Open C

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