Pentatonic & blues
A♭ blues scale
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
How to play the A♭ blues scale
On guitar
e|-------------------------4-7-| B|---------------------4-7-----| G|---------------4-6-7---------| D|-----------4-6---------------| A|-----4-5-6-------------------| E|-4-7-------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 4–7
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-----------2-4-| E|-------2-------| C|-1-2-3---------| G|---------1-----|
Position 1 · frets 1–4
All 6 positions with neck diagrams →Sounds great over
