A Scales on 5-String Banjo
A scales on 5-String Banjo: major, minor, pentatonic, and every mode, with diagrams, notes, intervals, and audio playback.
Every scale and mode rooted on A for 5-String Banjo — major and natural minor, the major and minor pentatonics, the blues scale, the seven modes, and a range of bebop, symmetric, and world scales. Each comes with fretboard diagrams, the scale notes, and the intervals that define it.
Start with the A major and A minor pentatonic scales for soloing, then explore modes like A Dorian and A Mixolydian to expand your palette and color. Each pattern is movable, so a fingering you learn here transposes straight to other keys. Tie every scale back to the chords it fits and to progressions in the key of A so your practice connects directly to playing real music rather than running patterns in a vacuum.