The major pentatonic strips the major scale to five notes, removing the half-steps for an open country-and-rock sound that is almost impossible to play wrong.
The major pentatonic strips the major scale to five notes, removing the half-steps for an open country-and-rock sound that is almost impossible to play wrong. On guitar, the b major pentatonic scale uses the notes B, C♯, D♯, F♯, G♯ — the diagram above shows every one of them across all positions of the neck, with the root (B) highlighted so you can anchor each shape.
KnowYourNeck turns this into an interactive neck you can rotate through every position, switch between note names and scale degrees, and drill one box at a time with Focus Mode. It's the fastest way to actually learn the major pentatonic scale instead of just reading a chart.