C Blues Scale

C minor blues

Notes

C · E♭ · F · G♭ · G · B♭

Intervals

  • RootC (1P)
  • Minor 3rdE♭ (3m)
  • Perfect 4thF (4P)
  • Diminished 5thG♭ (5d)
  • Perfect 5thG (5P)
  • Minor 7thB♭ (7m)

Fretboard

EBGDAE357912FG♭GB♭CE♭CE♭FG♭GB♭GB♭CE♭FG♭GE♭FG♭GB♭CB♭CE♭FG♭GFG♭GB♭CE♭
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Pentatonic box shapes

EBGDAE357912FG♭GB♭CE♭CE♭FG♭GB♭GB♭CE♭FG♭GE♭FG♭GB♭CB♭CE♭FG♭GFG♭GB♭CE♭
Box positions
Box 3open · frets 0–4
EBGDAE35FG♭GCE♭GB♭CE♭FG♭GB♭CFG♭G
Box 4frets 3–7
EBGDAE357GB♭CE♭FG♭GB♭CE♭FG♭GB♭CE♭FGB♭C
Box 5frets 5–9
EBGDAE579B♭CFG♭GCE♭FGB♭CE♭FG♭GB♭C
Box 1frets 8–11
EBGDAE912CE♭GB♭E♭FG♭GB♭CFG♭GCE♭
Box 2frets 10–14
EBGDAE12131415E♭FG♭GB♭CFG♭GB♭CE♭FGB♭CE♭FG♭G

Diagrams

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

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