Pentatonic Scale
The pentatonic scale is composed of 5 notes, thus the word penta meaning five. These notes are within the major scale. The pattern is easy to learn because of its minimal number of notes to be played.
The pattern below is in the key of G:
As a suggestion, use fingers 1 and 3 to move around the pattern. This is the easy way to learn guitar pentatonic scales as far as finger positioning is concerned.
