Pentatonic & blues
A blues scale
Minor pentatonic plus the ♭5 “blue note” for instant grit.
- Notes
- ACDE♭EG
- Formula
- 1♭34♭55♭7
- Steps
- W+HWHHW+HW
How to play the A blues scale
On guitar
e|-------------------------5-8-| B|---------------------5-8-----| G|---------------5-7-8---------| D|-----------5-7---------------| A|-----5-6-7-------------------| E|-5-8-------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 5–8
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-----------0-3-| E|-------0-------| C|-0-2-3---------| G|---------0-----|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 6 positions with neck diagrams →Sounds great over
