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
- A♭C♭D♭E𝄫E♭G♭
- 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 4–7, ascending
e|-------------------------4-7-| B|---------------------4-7-----| G|---------------4-6-7---------| D|-----------4-6---------------| A|-----4-5-6-------------------| E|-4-7-------------------------|
Play from the lowest note to the highest, then back down. Use one finger per fret: your index finger covers fret 4. R marks the root — the home note to start and end on.
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