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F♯ pentatonic minor scale

Pentatonic5 notes · F♯ + C♯

F♯pentatonic minor

KeyboardRight hand · 1 = thumb

RootIn scale

Fingering guideOne octave · both hands

Crossing
Fingering for F♯ pentatonic minor, going up
HandF♯ABC♯EF♯
Right hand21thumb under231thumb under2
Left hand2133 over2122 over

1 thumb · 2 index · 3 middle · 4 ring · 5 little

Right hand: the thumb tucks under onto A, then the thumb tucks under onto E. Left hand: finger 3 crosses over onto B, then finger 2 crosses over onto F♯.

Chords in the key

Chords are built by stacking every other note of a seven-note scale. Pentatonic minor has 5, so try the natural minor scale for its chords.

Hand
Tempo
100 BPM

How to read a scale

Steps, degrees, fingers.

  1. The step pattern

    Every scale is a pattern of whole and half steps. F♯ pentatonic minor goes W+H–W–W–W+H–W: the step and a halfs between F♯ and A, and between C♯ and E give it its colour.

  2. The degrees

    Number the notes from the root: 1 F♯, ♭3 A, 4 B, 5 C♯, ♭7 E. The degrees stay the same in every key, so a pattern learned in F♯ works in any other.

  3. The fingering

    Right hand: the thumb tucks under onto A, then the thumb tucks under onto E. Left hand: finger 3 crosses over onto B, then finger 2 crosses over onto F♯. Practise the crossings slowly; once they're smooth, raise the tempo.

All 216 scales

Every scale and mode on every root, each with its own page.

C

D♭

D

E♭

E

F

G♭

G

A♭

A

B♭

B

Practise it on a real keyboard.

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