Minor Pentatonic Cm shape

Learn how to play the Cm shaped Minor Pentatonic scale!

You will phrase differently with the Cm shape compared to the Em shape due to its layout on the fretboard.

Because of this, the Cm shaped minor pentatonic is a great place to find new ideas.

Make sure you are still visualizing the chord shape and all surrounding intervals when you use it.

When you have some licks in each shape, translate them to each others shape.

This is easy if you have been calling out the intervals as you practiced previous shapes.

The Cm shaped Minor Pentatonic

Not the most comfortable shape to play in, aim to use it to its greatest advantage.

The huge minor third intervals that occur on string 2 and 3 should be your friends, not enemies!

This type of scale lay out work best for licks that move between strings frequently.

Clapton’s Crossroads for example, use the Cm shape in lick 3, study and apply.

More than anything you will learn the most form this scale shape if you jam along with Jam Tracks, aiming to come up with your own ideas.

As usual, once you can play this shape in Am and Dm, continue through the entire cycle of 4ths.