guitar scale
F major pentatonic
F1G2A3C5D6
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
FWGWAW+HCWDW+HF
What is true of it
F major pentatonic is F, G, A, C and D, and back to F.
Its steps are W – W – W+H – W – W+H, 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 33 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 F
F minor pentatonicpentatonicF bluespentatonicF major bluespentatonicF majormajorF natural minorminorF harmonic minorminor
C maj pentC♯ maj pentD♭ maj pentD maj pentD♯ maj pentE♭ maj pentE maj pentF♯ maj pentall 374