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The minor pentatonic (Like A minor pentatonic in the example above) is quite the same as its relative major scale. Only we will start playing from the fifth note.

Let's take A minor pentatonic for example. A minor is the parallel minor of C pentatonic.

So A minor pentatonic has the same notes as C major pentatonic only the tonic of the scale would be A and not C.

In other word we will start playing The C pentatonic from its fifth note A.

The notes of A minor pentatonic scale.

Here's a list of all twelve minor scales in the pentatonic form:

Am pentatonic: A, C, D, E, G, A

Em pentatonic: E, G, A, B, D, E

Bm pentatonic: B, D, E, F#, A, B

F#m pentatonic: F#, A, B, C#, E, F#

C#m pentatonic: C#, E, F#, G#, B, C#

G#m pentatonic: G#, B, C#, D#, F#, G#

Eb pentatonic: Eb, Gb, Ab, Bb, Db, Eb

Bb pentatonic: Bb, Db, Eb, F, Ab, Bb

F pentatonic: F, Ab, Bb, C, Eb, F

Here's a free piano chart of all twelve minor scales of in the pentatonic form.

Now that you know about both major and minor pentatonics I'd like us to learn about the blues scale which is a minor pentatonic with an extra note. Click here to learn about the blues scale.

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