F Minor Blues Scale — Guitar
F Minor Blues on guitar: notes F, Ab, Bb, Cb, C, Eb — 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 1 F (root), fret 4 Ab (flat 3), fret 6 Bb (4), fret 7 Cb (flat 5), fret 8 C (5), fret 11 Eb (flat 7), fret 13 F (root), fret 16 Ab (flat 3), fret 18 Bb (4), fret 19 Cb (flat 5), fret 20 C (5), fret 23 Eb (flat 7).
- A string: fret 1 Bb (4), fret 2 Cb (flat 5), fret 3 C (5), fret 6 Eb (flat 7), fret 8 F (root), fret 11 Ab (flat 3), fret 13 Bb (4), fret 14 Cb (flat 5), fret 15 C (5), fret 18 Eb (flat 7), fret 20 F (root), fret 23 Ab (flat 3).
- D string: fret 1 Eb (flat 7), fret 3 F (root), fret 6 Ab (flat 3), fret 8 Bb (4), fret 9 Cb (flat 5), fret 10 C (5), fret 13 Eb (flat 7), fret 15 F (root), fret 18 Ab (flat 3), fret 20 Bb (4), fret 21 Cb (flat 5), fret 22 C (5).
- G string: fret 1 Ab (flat 3), fret 3 Bb (4), fret 4 Cb (flat 5), fret 5 C (5), fret 8 Eb (flat 7), fret 10 F (root), fret 13 Ab (flat 3), fret 15 Bb (4), fret 16 Cb (flat 5), fret 17 C (5), fret 20 Eb (flat 7), fret 22 F (root).
- B string: fret 0 Cb (flat 5), fret 1 C (5), fret 4 Eb (flat 7), fret 6 F (root), fret 9 Ab (flat 3), fret 11 Bb (4), fret 12 Cb (flat 5), fret 13 C (5), fret 16 Eb (flat 7), fret 18 F (root), fret 21 Ab (flat 3), fret 23 Bb (4), fret 24 Cb (flat 5).
- e string: fret 1 F (root), fret 4 Ab (flat 3), fret 6 Bb (4), fret 7 Cb (flat 5), fret 8 C (5), fret 11 Eb (flat 7), fret 13 F (root), fret 16 Ab (flat 3), fret 18 Bb (4), fret 19 Cb (flat 5), fret 20 C (5), fret 23 Eb (flat 7).
Notes in the F minor blues scale
The F minor blues scale contains 6 notes: F, Ab, Bb, Cb, C, Eb. Its scale degrees are R · b3 · 4 · b5 · 5 · b7.
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| R | F |
| b3 | Ab |
| 4 | Bb |
| b5 | Cb |
| 5 | C |
| b7 | Eb |
F 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.