A Blues Scale scale
Minor pentatonic with a ♭5 "blue note". Essential for blues.
6 notes · Standard tuning
Root (A)
Scale tone
Notes & intervals
A
R
C
♭3
D
4
D#
♭5
E
5
G
♭7
Neck positions (box diagrams)
Explore all 5 positions of the A Blues Scale scale across the neck.
Blues Scale in other keys
About the A Blues Scale scale
The A Blues Scale scale contains the notes A, C, D, D#, E, G. It is a 6-note scale with intervals: R – ♭3 – 4 – ♭5 – 5 – ♭7. The diagram above shows all positions of the A Blues Scale scale across a standard-tuned guitar neck. Filled blue dots are root notes (A); outlined dots are other scale tones.