Guitar scales · Blues
A blues scale on guitar
The A The minor pentatonic with one extra note, the ♭5 (also written ♯4), that gives the blues its bite. has six notes: A, C, D, E♭, E and G. As degrees: 1, ♭3, 4, ♭5, 5 and ♭7.
Notes and pattern
The A blues scale
Minor A five-note scale. The minor pentatonic is the most used scale in rock and blues guitar solos. plus the 'blue note' between the 4th and 5th, written ♭5 or ♯4. Play it to hear it up and down.
From note to note it climbs 3, 2, 1, 1, 3 and 2 The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step.. The two The smallest distance in Western music: one fret on the guitar, such as E to F or F to F♯. around the blue note are its bluesy rub.
The A The minor pentatonic with one extra note, the ♭5 (also written ♯4), that gives the blues its bite. is A minor A five-note scale. The minor pentatonic is the most used scale in rock and blues guitar solos. with one extra note, E♭, the blue note between the 4th and 5th. See that scale.
- A1
- C♭3
- D4
- E♭♭5
- E5
- G♭7
- A, the root
- Other scale notes
Chords
What to play A blues over
Play it over a 12-bar blues in A (A7, D7 and E7), or over rock and funk riffs in A minor.
Same root
Other scales on A
Change a note or two and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. takes on a new mood.
Questions
A blues, in short
- What notes are in the A blues scale?
- The A The minor pentatonic with one extra note, the ♭5 (also written ♯4), that gives the blues its bite. has six notes: A, C, D, E♭, E and G. As degrees: 1, ♭3, 4, ♭5, 5 and ♭7.
- What chords go with the A blues scale?
- Play it over a 12-bar blues in A (A7, D7 and E7), or over rock and funk riffs in A minor.