A♭ minor pentatonic on guitar
A♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ G♭ (1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7)
The rock and blues lead workhorse. Box 1 has the root under your first finger on the 6th string; the five boxes link end to end up the neck.
The whole neck
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 E A D G B e G♭ A♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ G♭ A♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ G♭ A♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ G♭ A♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ G♭ A♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ G♭ A♭ C♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ G♭ A♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ G♭ A♭ C♭ D♭ E♭ G♭ A♭
Low E string at the bottom.
Open it on the interactive fretboard
The 5 box positions
Boxes: the standard five shapes, two notes per string, one finger per fret. Learn one, then the next one up: they share an edge. Dots show scale degrees: 1 is the root.
Box 1 (frets 4–7)
3 4 5 6 7 8 E A D G B e 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3
Box 2 (frets 6–9)
5 6 7 8 9 10 E A D G B e ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4
Box 3 (frets 8–12)
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 E A D G B e 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5
Box 4 (frets 11–14)
10 11 12 13 14 15 E A D G B e 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7
Box 5 (frets 1–4)
1 2 3 4 5 E A D G B e ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1