guitar scale
A major pentatonic
A1B2C♯3E5F♯6
The major scale without its two half steps. Five notes, and no pair of them a half step apart.
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
AWBWC♯W+HEWF♯W+HA
What is true of it
A major pentatonic is A, B, C♯, E and F♯, and back to A.
Its steps are W – W – W+H – W – W+H, where W is a whole step and H a half.
Across the first twelve frets of the guitar its notes fall in 34 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 A
A minor pentatonicpentatonicA bluespentatonicA major bluespentatonicA majormajorA natural minorminorA harmonic minorminor
C maj pentC♯ maj pentD♭ maj pentD maj pentD♯ maj pentE♭ maj pentE maj pentF maj pentall 374