Minor pentatonic scales can just be thought of as a minor scale, minus scale degrees 2 and b6. Therefore a minor pentatonic scale has the formula 1 b3 4 5 b7.
C D Eb F G Ab Bb C - C minor scale 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 1 - scale functions
Basic minor scale functions indicated
|--2--|-b3--|-----|--4--|-----| -1st string |-----|-b7--|-----|--1--|-----| |-----|--4--|-----|--5--|-b6--| |-----|--1--|-----|--2--|-b3--| -4th string
C Eb F G Bb C - C minor pentatonic 1 b3 4 5 b7 1 - scale functions
Basic minor pentatonic scale functions indicated
|-b3--|-----|--4--|-----| -1st string |-b7--|-----|--1--|-----| |--4--|-----|--5--|-----| |--1--|-----|-----|-b3--| -4th string
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