guitar scale
E minor pentatonic
E1G♭3A4B5D♭7
Major pentatonic started from its fifth note. The first scale most guitarists learn.
Written out
Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.
The step pattern
EW+HGWAWBW+HDWE
What is true of it
E minor pentatonic is E, G, A, B and D, and back to E.
Its steps are W+H – W – W – W+H – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.
It uses no sharps and no flats at all: seven letters, seven white keys.
Across the first twelve frets of the guitar its notes fall in 36 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.
Chords made only of these notes
Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 5 sounds, not chosen.
Other scales on E
E major pentatonicpentatonicE bluespentatonicE major bluespentatonicE majormajorE natural minorminorE harmonic minorminor
C min pentC♯ min pentD♭ min pentD min pentD♯ min pentE♭ min pentF min pentF♯ min pentall 374