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