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|-----------------2-4-| B|-------------2-4-----| G|-----------4---------| D|---------4-----------| A|-----2-4-------------| E|-2-4-----------------|
e|---------------------4-7-| B|-----------------4-7-----| G|-------------4-6---------| D|---------4-6-------------| A|-----4-6-----------------| E|-4-7---------------------|
e|---------------------7-9-| B|-----------------7-9-----| G|-------------6-8---------| D|---------6-9-------------| A|-----6-9-----------------| E|-7-9---------------------|
e|------------------------9-11-| B|-------------------9-12------| G|----------------11-----------| D|-----------9-11--------------| A|------9-11-------------------| E|-9-11------------------------|
e|-------------------------------11-14-| B|-------------------------12-14-------| G|-------------------11-13-------------| D|-------------11-13-------------------| A|-------11-14-------------------------| E|-11-14-------------------------------|
How to play F# Yo on guitar
Find the root first: F# is at fret 2 on the low E string and fret 9 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 2–5. 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 | B |
| 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#, B, 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 2 on the low E string and fret 9 on the A string. Position 1 (the E shape) covers frets 2–5, and four more positions connect it up the neck.