Guitar scale · Pentatonic & blues
A blues scale on guitar
Every position of the A blues scale on the guitar neck, with tabs and fingering.
Minor pentatonic plus the ♭5 “blue note” for instant grit.
- Notes
- ACDE♭EG
- Formula
- 1♭34♭55♭7
- Steps
- W+HWHHW+HW
Guitar
Standard tuning (E A D G B E) · 5 positions using the classic pentatonic box shapes
Position 1 tab · frets 5–8, ascending
e|-------------------------5-8-| B|---------------------5-8-----| G|---------------5-7-8---------| D|-----------5-7---------------| A|-----5-6-7-------------------| E|-5-8-------------------------|
Play from the lowest note to the highest, then back down. Use one finger per fret: your index finger covers fret 5. R marks the root — the home note to start and end on.
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