E minor pentatonic scale on ukulele

The minor pentatonic (five notes) is the most played scale among rock and blues guitarists. Easy to memorize on the neck, it works over almost every chord in the key.

On the whole neck

GCEAGABDEGDEGABEGABDEABDEGA0123456789101112
GCEAGABDEGDEGABEGABDEABDEGA0123456789101112

Position from fret 4

GCEABDEGABDE4567
GCEABDEGABDE4567

Root notes are filled. Strings from the 4th to the 1st; the position starts from the root on the 3rd string, the lowest one.

Notes of the scale

DegreeNoteInterval
1Eroot
2Gminor third
3Aperfect fourth
4Bperfect fifth
5Dminor seventh

Steps between notes: W+H – W – W – W+H – W (W = whole step, H = half step)

Relative scale: the G major pentatonic scale, with exactly the same notes.

Other E scales

The same scale in other keys