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