Pentatonic scales
C Minor Pentatonic
Can't-go-wrong dark. The backbone of blues and rock lead playing.
Notes
How to get there
Natural minor minus the 2 and b6.
On your instrument
Tap any note to hear it. ● root ● scale note
Guitar - Standard (EADGBE)
Chords in this scale
This scale skips too many steps to stack tidy thirds - treat any of its notes as colours over the drone instead of building chords.