F Minor Pentatonic Scale — Bass
F Minor Pentatonic on bass: notes F, Ab, Bb, C, Eb — free scale chart, no sign-up. Five notes, no half-steps against the root — the scale under most rock, blues, and pop guitar and bass solos, and usually the first scale anyone learns.
Bass · 4-string, tuned low to high: E, A, D, G. 24 frets.
- E string: fret 1 F (root), fret 4 Ab (flat 3), fret 6 Bb (4), fret 8 C (5), fret 11 Eb (flat 7), fret 13 F (root), fret 16 Ab (flat 3), fret 18 Bb (4), fret 20 C (5), fret 23 Eb (flat 7).
- A string: fret 1 Bb (4), fret 3 C (5), fret 6 Eb (flat 7), fret 8 F (root), fret 11 Ab (flat 3), fret 13 Bb (4), fret 15 C (5), fret 18 Eb (flat 7), fret 20 F (root), fret 23 Ab (flat 3).
- D string: fret 1 Eb (flat 7), fret 3 F (root), fret 6 Ab (flat 3), fret 8 Bb (4), fret 10 C (5), fret 13 Eb (flat 7), fret 15 F (root), fret 18 Ab (flat 3), fret 20 Bb (4), fret 22 C (5).
- G string: fret 1 Ab (flat 3), fret 3 Bb (4), fret 5 C (5), fret 8 Eb (flat 7), fret 10 F (root), fret 13 Ab (flat 3), fret 15 Bb (4), fret 17 C (5), fret 20 Eb (flat 7), fret 22 F (root).
Notes in the F minor pentatonic scale
The F minor pentatonic scale contains 5 notes: F, Ab, Bb, C, Eb. Its scale degrees are R · b3 · 4 · 5 · b7.
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| R | F |
| b3 | Ab |
| 4 | Bb |
| 5 | C |
| b7 | Eb |
F minor pentatonic on bass
Open this scale in ScaleSpace to see every one of those notes mapped across the fretboard, with the roots marked and each note labelled by name or scale degree. You can hear any note, overlay a second scale to see which notes the two share, switch to an alternate tuning, and export a printable PDF.