Tuning-specific scale diagram

C Minor Pentatonic Scale in Open G Tuning

C Minor Pentatonic Scale in Open G Tuning shows the same c minor pentatonic scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned D G D G B D. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: C, Eb, F, G, Bb
Formula: 1 b3 4 5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 5 7 10
Tuning: D G D G B D
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: D2 to D4
24-fret range: D2 to D6

Open strings and root positions

2 of the 6 open strings belong to C Minor Pentatonic Scale: string 5 G (5) and string 3 G (5). None of those open-string tones is the C root, so the root must be fretted on every string.

String 5G5

String 3G5

First root on each string

String 6Fret 10

String 5Fret 5

String 4Fret 10

String 3Fret 5

String 2Fret 1

String 1Fret 10

Low-string pattern

On the lowest D string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 1, 3, 5, 8, and 10, with the C root at fret 10. On the highest D string, the first C is at fret 10.

Fret 1Ebb3

Fret 3F4

Fret 5G5

Fret 8Bbb7

Fret 10C1

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play C Minor Pentatonic Scale on the low D string at frets 1, 3, 5, 8, and 10, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets G on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest C root and two other scale tones.
Connect the C root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 10, 5, 10, 5, 1, and 10, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.