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

EBGDAE357912G♭A♭BD♭DE♭BD♭DE♭G♭A♭BA♭BD♭DE♭G♭DE♭G♭A♭BD♭DBD♭DE♭G♭A♭G♭A♭BD♭DE♭

On the fretboard, B represents C♭, and D represents E♭♭.

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Pentatonic box shapes

EBGDAE357912G♭A♭BD♭DE♭BD♭DE♭G♭A♭BA♭BD♭DE♭G♭DE♭G♭A♭BD♭DBD♭DE♭G♭A♭G♭A♭BD♭DE♭
Box positions
Box 5frets 1–5
EBGDAE35G♭A♭BD♭DE♭A♭BD♭DE♭G♭A♭BD♭DE♭G♭A♭
Box 1frets 4–7
EBGDAE57A♭BE♭G♭BD♭DE♭G♭A♭D♭DE♭A♭B
Box 2frets 6–10
EBGDAE79BD♭DE♭G♭A♭D♭DE♭G♭A♭BD♭E♭G♭A♭BD♭DE♭
Box 3frets 8–12
EBGDAE91213D♭DE♭A♭BE♭G♭A♭BD♭DE♭G♭A♭D♭DE♭
Box 4frets 11–15
EBGDAE1213141516E♭G♭A♭BD♭DE♭G♭A♭BD♭DE♭G♭A♭BD♭E♭G♭A♭

Diagrams

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

Ab Blues Scale — notes Ab, Cb, Db, Ebb, Eb, Gb shown across the full guitar fretboard, frets 0 to 12.
Whole neck — frets 0–12
Ab Blues Scale — five pentatonic box positions shown as fretboard neck slices.
Five pentatonic box positions