Guitar scale
E Major Pentatonic Guitar Scale
E Major Pentatonic is a five-note scale built from E, F#, G#, B, and C#. Use it to study the scale's notes, interval formula, and guitar fretboard positions.
- Notes
- EF#G#BC#
- Formula
- 1 2 3 5 6
- Semitones
- 0 2 4 7 9
How to read this scale
The notes are shown as pitch classes first. Square markers represent E root notes in the fretboard view, while circular markers represent the other notes in the scale.
Use the interactive fretboard to locate the E root notes and connect the remaining major pentatonic tones across standard tuning.
Fretboard diagram
Open this scale in the fretboard tool
Start with E Major Pentatonic loaded, then adjust tuning, labels, colors, fret count, and orientation.
Open in interactive fretboardCommon chords and contexts
- Use E major pentatonic over E major chords, country phrases, pop melodies, and major blues ideas.
- It keeps the strongest major-scale tones while leaving out the 4 and 7.