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Fig. 1 · C# minor pentatonic · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

C♯ minor pentatonic

C♯1E♭3F♯4G♯5B♭7

Major pentatonic started from its fifth note. The first scale most guitarists learn.

The same sounds spelled from the other side are D♭ minor pentatonic.

on guitaron piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · C# minor pentatonic, ascending

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

C♯W+HEWF♯WG♯W+HBWC♯

What is true of it

C♯ minor pentatonic is C♯, E, F♯, G♯ and B, and back to C♯.

Its steps are W+H – W – W – W+H – W, where W is a whole step and H a half.

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 21 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

C♯mminorC♯m7minor seventhEmajor

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 5 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on C♯

C♯ major pentatonicpentatonicC♯ bluespentatonicC♯ major bluespentatonicC♯ majormajorC♯ natural minorminorC♯ harmonic minorminor

C min pentD min pentD♯ min pentE♭ min pentE min pentF min pentF♯ min pentG♭ min pentall 374