JamEaseF♯ Blues Scale – Guitar
The minor pentatonic plus one extra note, the 'blue note' (b5), which gives blues and rock licks their bite. Here it is in F♯: the notes, the whole neck, all five boxes with TAB, and a backing track to practise over.
Notes in the F♯ blues scale
- F♯1
- Ab3
- B4
- Cb5
- C♯5
- Eb7
Formula: 1 – b3 – 4 – b5 – 5 – b7. Use it to solo over songs in F♯ minor, and over F♯ blues and rock progressions.
F♯ blues scale on the whole neck
Know the scale?
Now solo with it.
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The 5 boxes (positions) with TAB
Each box is one hand position. Learn Box 1 first: play it up with the TAB, then back down, then move to the next box – together they cover the whole neck.
Box 1 · frets 2–5
e|-------------------------2-5-| B|---------------------2-5-----| G|---------------2-4-5---------| D|-----------2-4---------------| A|-----2-3-4-------------------| E|-2-5-------------------------|
Box 2 · frets 4–7
e|-----------------------5-7-| B|-------------------5-7-----| G|-------------4-5-6---------| D|---------4-7---------------| A|-----4-7-------------------| E|-5-7-----------------------|
Box 3 · frets 6–10
e|-------------------------------------7--8--9--| B|-------------------------------7--10----------| G|-------------------------6--9-----------------| D|----------------7--9--10----------------------| A|----------7--9--------------------------------| E|-7--8--9--------------------------------------|
Box 4 · frets 9–12
e|----------------------------------9--12-| B|----------------------------10-12-------| G|----------------------9--11-------------| D|-------------9--10-11-------------------| A|-------9--12----------------------------| E|-9--12----------------------------------|
Box 5 · frets 11–14
e|----------------------------------12-14-| B|-------------------------12-13-14-------| G|-------------------11-14----------------| D|-------------11-14----------------------| A|-------12-14----------------------------| E|-12-14----------------------------------|
3 F♯ minor licks to play with it
Box 1 licks from the JamEase lick library, written for F♯ minor (h = hammer-on, p = pull-off, / = slide, b = bend, ~ = vibrato).
Minor third call
The minor third and the 4th, rocking back to the root.
e|-------------| B|-------------| G|-14-16-14----| D|----------16-| A|-------------| E|-------------|
Slide down the B string
Slide down from the b7, then walk home.
e|---------------------| B|-17\-14--------------| G|---------16--14------| D|-----------------16--| A|---------------------| E|---------------------|
Bend the b7 to the root
Bend the B string until it sounds like the root, then play the real one.
e|-----14~-| B|-17b-----| G|---------| D|---------| A|---------| E|---------|
F♯ minor backing track
Play the boxes over this, starting and ending phrases on the gold root notes.
Slow blues backing track in F# minor | 78 bpm – Beardly Jam Tracks
Songs in F♯ minor
These songs are in F♯ minor, so this is a scale that fits for soloing over them:
- Wonderwall – Oasis
- The Night We Met – Lord Huron
- Numb – Linkin Park
- Pompeii – Bastille
- I Want It That Way – Backstreet Boys
- There Is A Light That Never Goes Out – The Smiths
- Wildflower – Billie Eilish
- Video Games – Lana Del Rey
- Snuff – Slipknot
- Galway Girl – Ed Sheeran
- Dance Monkey – Tones And I
- My Sweet Lord – George Harrison
Other scales in F♯
- F♯ Minor Pentatonic Scale
- F♯ Major Pentatonic Scale
- F♯ Major Blues Scale
- F♯ Major Scale
- F♯ Natural Minor Scale
- F♯ Dorian Mode
- F♯ Mixolydian Mode
- F♯ Phrygian Mode
- F♯ Lydian Mode
- F♯ Harmonic Minor Scale
- F♯ Melodic Minor Scale
Blues Scale in other keys
- C Blues Scale
- C♯ Blues Scale
- D Blues Scale
- E♭ Blues Scale
- E Blues Scale
- F Blues Scale
- G Blues Scale
- G♯ Blues Scale
- A Blues Scale
- B♭ Blues Scale
- B Blues Scale
Put it to use: solo with it, step by step, starting with three notes.
FAQ
What notes are in the F# blues scale?
F#, A, B, C, C#, E. The formula is 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7.
Where do I start playing the F# blues scale on guitar?
Start with Box 1, frets 2–5. The root note F# is on the low E string at fret 2.