The F# Major Pentatonic scale is F# G# A# C# D#. It's shown below across all 24 frets: use the Shape menu to see each of the 5 positions, and press Play to hear it.
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See Mentorship PlansThe F# Major Pentatonic scale has 5 notes: F# G# A# C# D#. Its formula is 1 2 3 5 6, and the gaps between the notes go W W W+H W W+H (W is a whole step of two frets, H is a half step of one fret). F# Major Pentatonic has exactly the same notes as D# minor pentatonic, its relative minor pentatonic, but it starts and resolves on F#, which is what gives it its own sound.
Compared with F# major, it leaves out the 4th (B) and the major 7th (E#).
| Degree | Interval | Name | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Root | F♯ |
| 2 | 2 | 2nd | G♯ |
| 3 | 3 | Major 3rd | A♯ |
| 4 | 5 | 5th | C♯ |
| 5 | 6 | Major 6th | D♯ |
The fretboard above shows F# Major Pentatonic across all 24 frets. Its root, F#, is on the low E string at the 2nd fret, and Position 1 starts there. Use the Shape menu to see the 5 positions one at a time, press Play to hear the one you're looking at, and switch the labels to intervals to see where the root, 3rd and 5th sit in each shape.
Learn one position until you can play it up and down without looking, then learn the next one along and practise moving between the two. Before long the whole neck joins up.
Use it over F# major, F#maj7 and F#6 chords and over songs in F# major. Mixing it with the F# minor pentatonic over an F#7 chord is a classic blues and country move.
The major pentatonic has a sweet, open sound that's all over country, southern rock, pop and major-key blues. It's the major scale with the 4th and 7th taken out, so there's nothing to clash.
F♯ Major F♯ Minor F♯ Minor Pentatonic F♯ Blues F♯ Dorian F♯ Phrygian G♭ Lydian F♯ Mixolydian F♯ Locrian F♯ Harmonic Minor F♯ Melodic Minor
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The F# Major Pentatonic scale is F#, G#, A#, C#, D#.
The major pentatonic scale formula is 1 2 3 5 6, which is a step pattern of W W W+H W W+H.
There are 5 positions. Use the Shape menu on this page to see each one on its own.
Compared with F# major, it leaves out the 4th (B) and the major 7th (E#).