F Major Blues Scale — Guitar
F Major Blues on guitar: notes F, G, Ab, A, C, D — free scale chart, no sign-up. Major pentatonic plus a passing b3 that slides into the major 3rd — a brighter, country- and gospel-leaning cousin of the minor blues scale.
Guitar · 6-string, tuned low to high: E, A, D, G, B, e. 24 frets.
- E string: fret 1 F (root), fret 3 G (2), fret 4 Ab (flat 3), fret 5 A (3), fret 8 C (5), fret 10 D (6), fret 13 F (root), fret 15 G (2), fret 16 Ab (flat 3), fret 17 A (3), fret 20 C (5), fret 22 D (6).
- A string: fret 0 A (3), fret 3 C (5), fret 5 D (6), fret 8 F (root), fret 10 G (2), fret 11 Ab (flat 3), fret 12 A (3), fret 15 C (5), fret 17 D (6), fret 20 F (root), fret 22 G (2), fret 23 Ab (flat 3), fret 24 A (3).
- D string: fret 0 D (6), fret 3 F (root), fret 5 G (2), fret 6 Ab (flat 3), fret 7 A (3), fret 10 C (5), fret 12 D (6), fret 15 F (root), fret 17 G (2), fret 18 Ab (flat 3), fret 19 A (3), fret 22 C (5), fret 24 D (6).
- G string: fret 0 G (2), fret 1 Ab (flat 3), fret 2 A (3), fret 5 C (5), fret 7 D (6), fret 10 F (root), fret 12 G (2), fret 13 Ab (flat 3), fret 14 A (3), fret 17 C (5), fret 19 D (6), fret 22 F (root), fret 24 G (2).
- B string: fret 1 C (5), fret 3 D (6), fret 6 F (root), fret 8 G (2), fret 9 Ab (flat 3), fret 10 A (3), fret 13 C (5), fret 15 D (6), fret 18 F (root), fret 20 G (2), fret 21 Ab (flat 3), fret 22 A (3).
- e string: fret 1 F (root), fret 3 G (2), fret 4 Ab (flat 3), fret 5 A (3), fret 8 C (5), fret 10 D (6), fret 13 F (root), fret 15 G (2), fret 16 Ab (flat 3), fret 17 A (3), fret 20 C (5), fret 22 D (6).
Notes in the F major blues scale
The F major blues scale contains 6 notes: F, G, Ab, A, C, D. Its scale degrees are R · 2 · b3 · 3 · 5 · 6.
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| R | F |
| 2 | G |
| b3 | Ab |
| 3 | A |
| 5 | C |
| 6 | D |
F major 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.