A Minor Blues Scale — Guitar
A Minor Blues on guitar: notes A, C, D, Eb, E, G — free scale chart, no sign-up. Minor pentatonic plus a b5 "blue note" passing tone between the 4th and 5th — the sound of blues, blues-rock, and jazz-blues phrasing.
Guitar · 6-string, tuned low to high: E, A, D, G, B, e. 24 frets.
- E string: fret 0 E (5), fret 3 G (flat 7), fret 5 A (root), fret 8 C (flat 3), fret 10 D (4), fret 11 Eb (flat 5), fret 12 E (5), fret 15 G (flat 7), fret 17 A (root), fret 20 C (flat 3), fret 22 D (4), fret 23 Eb (flat 5), fret 24 E (5).
- A string: fret 0 A (root), fret 3 C (flat 3), fret 5 D (4), fret 6 Eb (flat 5), fret 7 E (5), fret 10 G (flat 7), fret 12 A (root), fret 15 C (flat 3), fret 17 D (4), fret 18 Eb (flat 5), fret 19 E (5), fret 22 G (flat 7), fret 24 A (root).
- D string: fret 0 D (4), fret 1 Eb (flat 5), fret 2 E (5), fret 5 G (flat 7), fret 7 A (root), fret 10 C (flat 3), fret 12 D (4), fret 13 Eb (flat 5), fret 14 E (5), fret 17 G (flat 7), fret 19 A (root), fret 22 C (flat 3), fret 24 D (4).
- G string: fret 0 G (flat 7), fret 2 A (root), fret 5 C (flat 3), fret 7 D (4), fret 8 Eb (flat 5), fret 9 E (5), fret 12 G (flat 7), fret 14 A (root), fret 17 C (flat 3), fret 19 D (4), fret 20 Eb (flat 5), fret 21 E (5), fret 24 G (flat 7).
- B string: fret 1 C (flat 3), fret 3 D (4), fret 4 Eb (flat 5), fret 5 E (5), fret 8 G (flat 7), fret 10 A (root), fret 13 C (flat 3), fret 15 D (4), fret 16 Eb (flat 5), fret 17 E (5), fret 20 G (flat 7), fret 22 A (root).
- e string: fret 0 E (5), fret 3 G (flat 7), fret 5 A (root), fret 8 C (flat 3), fret 10 D (4), fret 11 Eb (flat 5), fret 12 E (5), fret 15 G (flat 7), fret 17 A (root), fret 20 C (flat 3), fret 22 D (4), fret 23 Eb (flat 5), fret 24 E (5).
Notes in the A minor blues scale
The A minor blues scale contains 6 notes: A, C, D, Eb, E, G. Its scale degrees are R · b3 · 4 · b5 · 5 · b7.
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| R | A |
| b3 | C |
| 4 | D |
| b5 | Eb |
| 5 | E |
| b7 | G |
A minor blues on guitar
Open this scale in ScaleSpace to see every one of those notes mapped across the fretboard, with the roots marked and each note labelled by name or scale degree. You can hear any note, overlay a second scale to see which notes the two share, switch to an alternate tuning, and export a printable PDF.