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Blues (Minor) Scale on Guitar

Minor pentatonic with added blue note (b5).

Notes (in A)

A C D D♯ E G

Interval formula

1 b3 4 b5 5 b7

A Blues (Minor) across the fretboard

A Blues (Minor) scale fretboard diagram (note names)123456789101112131415EADGBEEADGEGACDD♯EGCDD♯EGACD♯EGACDD♯EACDD♯EGACDD♯EGACDGACDD♯EG

The diagram shows A blues (minor) with the root note in red. The shape is movable: slide it along the neck so the root lands on a different note and you have the same scale in any key.

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