C minor pentatonic on guitar
C E♭ F G B♭ (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 F G B♭ C E♭ F G B♭ C E♭ F G B♭ C E♭ F G B♭ C E♭ F G G B♭ C E♭ F G B♭ C C E♭ F G B♭ C E♭ F G B♭ C E♭ F G
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 8–11)
7 8 9 10 11 12 E A D G B e 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3
Box 2 (frets 10–13)
9 10 11 12 13 14 E A D G B e ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4
Box 3 (frets 0–4)
1 2 3 4 5 E A D G B e 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5
Box 4 (frets 3–6)
2 3 4 5 6 7 E A D G B e 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7
Box 5 (frets 5–8)
4 5 6 7 8 9 E A D G B e ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1