A Blues Scale

A minor blues

Notes

A · C · D · E♭ · E · G

Intervals

  • RootA (1P)
  • Minor 3rdC (3m)
  • Perfect 4thD (4P)
  • Diminished 5thE♭ (5d)
  • Perfect 5thE (5P)
  • Minor 7thG (7m)

Fretboard

EBGDAE357912EGACDE♭ECDE♭EGAGACDE♭EGDE♭EGACDACDE♭EGAEGACDE♭E
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Pentatonic box shapes

EBGDAE357912EGACDE♭ECDE♭EGAGACDE♭EGDE♭EGACDACDE♭EGAEGACDE♭E
Box positions
Box 4open · frets 0–4
EBGDAE35EGACDE♭EGACDE♭EGACDEGA
Box 5frets 2–6
EBGDAE357GADE♭EACDEGACDE♭EGA
Box 1frets 5–8
EBGDAE579ACEGCDE♭EGADE♭EAC
Box 2frets 7–11
EBGDAE7912CDE♭EGADE♭EGACDEGACDE♭E
Box 3frets 9–13
EBGDAE9121314DE♭EACEGACDE♭EGADE♭E

Diagrams

A Blues Scale fretboard charts — tap any diagram to open it full size to save or print.

A Blues Scale — notes A, C, D, Eb, E, G shown across the full guitar fretboard, frets 0 to 12.
Whole neck — frets 0–12
A Blues Scale — five pentatonic box positions shown as fretboard neck slices.
Five pentatonic box positions