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Piano scale
C♯ Minor Pentatonic Scale
The backbone of rock and blues soloing — five notes, endless mileage.
On the keyboard
Green marks the root. Fingering is shown for the major scales, where the standard is settled; for this scale teachers genuinely differ, so start from the major-scale fingering in the same key and adjust to your hand.
The notes
C♯1
E♭3
F♯4
G♯5
B♭7