An interactive guitar fretboard tool for learning and visualizing pentatonic scale positions in any key.
1
Pick your root note — the key you want to play in. Toggle ♭/♯ to switch between flats and sharps.
2
Select a scale — Minor or Major Pentatonic.
3
Toggle boxes — each color is a different position on the neck. Start with Box 1.
4
Use the checkboxes on the left to isolate specific strings — great for seeing patterns on just the top 3 strings.
5
Dot labels let you see note names or interval numbers inside each dot.
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Root note
♭ / ♯ Toggle Switches between flat (Bb, Eb) and sharp (A#, D#) notation. Same pitches, different names. Use flats for keys like F and Bb, sharps for G and D. Tap the root buttons to pick your key.
Root notes
Scale type
Blue note
Boxes
Dot labels
Reset
Legend:
Box 1
Box 2
Box 3
Box 4
Box 5
Root
Blue note
Transition (shared)
String selector Click the checkboxes to isolate strings. Try unchecking the low E, A, and D to focus on the top three — this is how most lead guitar patterns are practiced.
Box transitions
Concentric (ring-in-ring) dots mark pivot frets shared between adjacent boxes. These are your shift points — stay on that note and change hand position.
Blue note
The b5 (flat fifth / tritone) sits outside the pentatonic scale — use it as a chromatic passing tone. Slide through it, don't land on it.
Major vs minor
Same 5 box shapes — different root position. Major pent: 1 2 3 5 6. Minor pent: 1 b3 4 5 b7. Relative major is 3 frets up the neck.