Major Pentatonic Scales Part 2 - A Major Pentatonic Scale

If you've read the first article G Major Pentatonic Scale, I don't need to explain the difference between major and minor pentatonics scales and moving the minor scale three frets down the fret board. I'm just going to quickly show you the scale diagrams and tabs for the A Major pentatonic scale.


Fifth pattern one octave lower:

e |----------------|----------------|--------2---5---|
B |----------------|----------------|2---5-----------|
G |----------------|--------2---4---|----------------|
D |----------------|2---4-----------|----------------|
A |--------2---4---|----------------|----------------|
E |2---5-----------|----------------|----------------|

A Major Pentatonic Scale - Fifth Box One Octave Lower

First position with the root note, A, on the fifth fret of the sixth string:

e |----------------|----------------|--------5---7---|
B |----------------|----------------|5---7-----------|
G |----------------|--------4---6---|----------------|
D |----------------|4---7-----------|----------------|
A |--------4---7---|----------------|----------------|
E |5---7-----------|----------------|----------------|

A Major Pentatonic Scale - First Box

Second of the five positions:

e |----------------|----------------|--------7---9----|
B |----------------|----------------|7---10-----------|
G |----------------|--------6---9---|-----------------|
D |----------------|7---9-----------|-----------------|
A |--------7---9---|----------------|-----------------|
E |7---9-----------|----------------|-----------------|

A Major Pentatonic Scale - Second Box

Third of the five patterns:

e |-----------------|-----------------|---------9---12---|
B |-----------------|-----------------|10---12-----------|
G |-----------------|--------9---11---|------------------|
D |-----------------|9---11-----------|------------------|
A |--------9---12---|-----------------|------------------|
E |9---12-----------|-----------------|------------------|

A Major Pentatonic Scale - Third Box

Fourth box:

e |------------------|------------------|--------12---14---|
B |------------------|------------------|12---14-----------|
G |------------------|--------11---14---|------------------|
D |------------------|11---14-----------|------------------|
A |--------12---14---|------------------|------------------|
E |12---14-----------|------------------|------------------|

A Major Pentatonic Scale - Fourth Box

Fifth box of the five boxes:

e |------------------|------------------|--------14---17---|
B |------------------|------------------|14---17-----------|
G |------------------|--------14---16---|------------------|
D |------------------|14---16-----------|------------------|
A |--------14---16---|------------------|------------------|
E |14---17-----------|------------------|------------------|

A Major Pentatonic Scale - Fifth Box

First box repeated one octave higher:

e |------------------|------------------|--------17---19---|
B |------------------|------------------|17---19-----------|
G |------------------|--------16---18---|------------------|
D |------------------|16---19-----------|------------------|
A |--------16---19---|------------------|------------------|
E |17---19-----------|------------------|------------------|

A Major Pentatonic Scale - First Box One Octave Higher

Finally, the diagram showing all the notes:

A Major Pentatonic Scale - All Notes