Guitar scale · Pentatonic & blues
E blues scale on guitar
Every position of the E blues scale on the guitar neck, with tabs and fingering.
Minor pentatonic plus the ♭5 “blue note” for instant grit.
- Notes
- EGAB♭BD
- 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 0–3, ascending
e|-------------------------0-3-| B|---------------------0-3-----| G|---------------0-2-3---------| D|-----------0-2---------------| A|-----0-1-2-------------------| E|-0-3-------------------------|
Play from the lowest note to the highest, then back down. Use one finger per fret: your index finger covers fret 1. R marks the root — the home note to start and end on.
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