F Blues Scale

F minor blues

Notes

F · A♭ · B♭ · C♭ · C · E♭

Intervals

  • RootF (1P)
  • Minor 3rdA♭ (3m)
  • Perfect 4thB♭ (4P)
  • Diminished 5thC♭ (5d)
  • Perfect 5thC (5P)
  • Minor 7thE♭ (7m)

Fretboard

EBGDAE357912FA♭B♭BCE♭BCE♭FA♭B♭BA♭B♭BCE♭FE♭FA♭B♭BCB♭BCE♭FA♭FA♭B♭BCE♭

On the fretboard, B represents C♭.

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Pentatonic box shapes

EBGDAE357912FA♭B♭BCE♭BCE♭FA♭B♭BA♭B♭BCE♭FE♭FA♭B♭BCB♭BCE♭FA♭FA♭B♭BCE♭
Box positions
Box 1frets 1–4
EBGDAE35FA♭BCE♭A♭B♭BCE♭FB♭BCFA♭
Box 2frets 3–7
EBGDAE357A♭B♭BCE♭FB♭BCE♭FA♭B♭CE♭FA♭B♭BC
Box 3frets 5–9
EBGDAE579B♭BCFA♭CE♭FA♭B♭BCE♭FB♭BC
Box 4frets 8–12
EBGDAE91213CE♭FA♭B♭BCE♭FA♭B♭BCE♭FA♭B♭CE♭F
Box 5frets 10–14
EBGDAE12131415E♭FB♭BCFA♭B♭CE♭FA♭B♭BCE♭F

Diagrams

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

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