Pentatonic & blues
B blues scale
Minor pentatonic plus the ♭5 “blue note” for instant grit.
- Notes
- BDEFF♯A
- Formula
- 1♭34♭55♭7
- Steps
- W+HWHHW+HW
How to play the B blues scale
On guitar
e|-------------------------------------7--10-| B|-------------------------------7--10-------| G|----------------------7--9--10-------------| D|----------------7--9-----------------------| A|-------7--8--9-----------------------------| E|-7--10-------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 7–10
All 5 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 1 2 3 1 2 3 4
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-----------2-5-| E|-------2-------| C|-2-4-5---------| G|---------2-----|
Position 1 · frets 2–5
All 6 positions with neck diagrams →Sounds great over
