Guitar scale · pentatonic & blues
F Yo Scale
Pentatonic scale 1 2 4 5 6 with no half steps and no 3rd. It is called ritusen in Indian music.
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F Yo Scale tab: all 5 positions
Each tab climbs from the low E string to the high e string. Play it up, then back down.
e|-----------------1-3-| B|-------------1-3-----| G|-----------3---------| D|---------3-----------| A|-----1-3-------------| E|-1-3-----------------|
e|---------------------3-6-| B|-----------------3-6-----| G|-------------3-5---------| D|---------3-5-------------| A|-----3-5-----------------| E|-3-6---------------------|
e|---------------------6-8-| B|-----------------6-8-----| G|-------------5-7---------| D|---------5-8-------------| A|-----5-8-----------------| E|-6-8---------------------|
e|------------------------8-10-| B|-------------------8-11------| G|----------------10-----------| D|-----------8-10--------------| A|------8-10-------------------| E|-8-10------------------------|
e|-------------------------------10-13-| B|-------------------------11-13-------| G|-------------------10-12-------------| D|-------------10-12-------------------| A|-------10-13-------------------------| E|-10-13-------------------------------|
How to play F Yo on guitar
Find the root first: F is at fret 1 on the low E string and fret 8 on the A string. The blue notes on the diagram are every F on the neck; the gold ones are the rest of the scale's home chord (4, 5), the safest notes to land on at the end of a phrase.
Learn it one box at a time. Position 1, the E shape, sits at frets 1–4. Once it's under your fingers, move to position 2 (the D shape) and play the notes the two boxes share, then keep going up the neck. After all five, the scale joins up into one pattern across the whole fretboard.
Degrees
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| 1 | F |
| 2 | G |
| 4 | Bb |
| 5 | C |
| 6 | D |
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Questions
- What notes are in the F Yo Scale?
- The F Yo Scale has 5 notes: F, G, Bb, C, D.
- What is the formula of the yo scale?
- 1 2 4 5 6, which is the step pattern W W+H W W W+H (W = whole step, H = half step).
- Where do I play F Yo on the guitar?
- The root F is at fret 1 on the low E string and fret 8 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 1–4, and four more positions connect it up the neck.