C Pentatonic for Guitar - CAGED Chart

C Pentatonic, sometimes called "C Major Pentatonic" is a pentatonic scale. Pentatonic scales have 5 notes, "penta" comes from the greek word "Pentateuch" which means 5.

The C Pentatonic scale is derived from the C Major scale by taking scale degree 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 of the scale.

C

D

E

G

A

C

W

W

m3

W

m3

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