Pentatonic notes to play over Am. The pentatonic scale has 5 notes, numbered 1, b3, 4, 5 and b7. For Am pentatonic the notes are A, C, D, E, G. The gray boxes illustrate how the scale notes overlap, depending on where you are on the neck. You can add the “blue” note too, which is the b5. (Eb for Am pentatonic). The root (A) is the fret with ...