B Blues Scale

B minor blues

Notes

B · D · E · F · F♯ · A

Intervals

  • RootB (1P)
  • Minor 3rdD (3m)
  • Perfect 4thE (4P)
  • Diminished 5thF (5d)
  • Perfect 5thF♯ (5P)
  • Minor 7thA (7m)

Fretboard

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Pentatonic box shapes

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Box positions
Box 4frets 2–6
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Box 5frets 4–8
EBGDAE579ABEFF♯BDEF♯ABDEFF♯AB
Box 1frets 7–10
EBGDAE79BDF♯ADEFF♯ABEFF♯BD
Box 2frets 9–13
EBGDAE9121314DEFF♯ABEFF♯ABDEF♯ABDEFF♯
Box 3frets 11–15
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Diagrams

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

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