G 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

GCEAGB♭CDFGCDFGB♭CFGB♭CDB♭CDFG0123456789101112
GCEAGB♭CDFGCDFGB♭CFGB♭CDB♭CDFG0123456789101112

Position from fret 7

GCEADFGB♭CDFG78910
GCEADFGB♭CDFG78910

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
1Groot
2B♭ (B flat)minor third
3Cperfect fourth
4Dperfect fifth
5Fminor seventh

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

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

Other G scales

The same scale in other keys