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