Minor Blues Scale for Guitar

The minor blues scale uses the degrees 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7. Pick a key below to get the notes, the fretboard patterns and an interactive player for that key.

C Minor Blues Scale guitar diagram, box pattern position 1

C Minor Blues Scale: box pattern, position 1

Structure

How the minor blues scale is built:

1
b2
2
b3
3
4
b5
5
#5
6
b7
7

The minor blues scale is built from the degrees 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7, which gives the step pattern W+H-W-H-H-W+H-W (W = whole step, H = half step).

Counting in semitones from the root: 0, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10. That makes it a 6-note scale.

It is also known as Blues Scale.

Choose a key

C C# Db D D# Eb E F F# Gb G G# Ab A A# Bb B

Giancarlo Facoetti, founder of FaChords Guitar

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Giancarlo Facoetti

Giancarlo is a musician (teaching guitar since 2000), software engineer, AI consultant and published researcher