Pentatonic & blues
C blues scale
Minor pentatonic plus the ♭5 “blue note” for instant grit.
- Notes
- CE♭FG♭GB♭
- Formula
- 1♭34♭55♭7
- Steps
- W+HWHHW+HW
How to play the C blues scale
On guitar
e|-------------------------------------8--11-| B|-------------------------------8--11-------| G|----------------------8--10-11-------------| D|----------------8--10----------------------| A|-------8--9--10----------------------------| E|-8--11-------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 8–11
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|-----------1-3-| E|-----1-2-------| C|-0-3-----------| G|---------0-----|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 6 positions with neck diagrams →Sounds great over
