Printable Minor Pentatonic Scale Chart
A minor pentatonic across the whole neck, with its five boxes.
Fits A4 and US Letter. Choose landscapeif your printer asks, and “fit to page” or 100% scale.
Minor Pentatonic Scale Chart
A minor pentatonic (A C D E G) on the whole neck · black = root note A
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Box 1
frets 5–8
Box 2
frets 7–10
Box 3
frets 9–13
Box 4
frets 12–15
Box 5
frets 14–17 (= 2–5)
Any other key
Slide the whole pattern so a black root sits on your key's note on the low E string: E at the open/12th fret, G at 3, A at 5, B at 7, C at 8, D at 10.
The major pentatonic is hiding here
The same notes from C are C major pentatonic. Box 2 of A minor is box 1 of C major — so one chart gives you both.
One Scale, Five Boxes
The minor pentatonic is the scale behind most rock and blues solos: five notes, no awkward half-steps, and patterns that sit comfortably under the fingers. The chart shows A minor pentatonic — A, C, D, E and G — everywhere it falls from the open strings to the 17th fret, with every A marked in black so you can see where each pattern is anchored.
Players learn it as five overlapping boxes. Box 1, starting at the 5th fret, is the one nearly everyone learns first; the other four join it into a map of the whole neck.
Using It in Other Keys
The pattern is movable. Slide everything so a root sits on your key's note on the low E string and the boxes come with it — the sheet lists where the common keys start. The same five notes are also C major pentatonic, so the chart doubles as a major-scale reference for brighter, country-style lines.