JamEaseG 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 G: the notes, the whole neck, all five boxes with TAB, and a backing track to practise over.
Notes in the G blues scale
- G1
- B♭b3
- C4
- D♭b5
- D5
- Fb7
Formula: 1 – b3 – 4 – b5 – 5 – b7. Use it to solo over songs in G minor, and over G blues and rock progressions.
G 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 3–6
e|-------------------------3-6-| B|---------------------3-6-----| G|---------------3-5-6---------| D|-----------3-5---------------| A|-----3-4-5-------------------| E|-3-6-------------------------|
Box 2 · frets 5–8
e|-----------------------6-8-| B|-------------------6-8-----| G|-------------5-6-7---------| D|---------5-8---------------| A|-----5-8-------------------| E|-6-8-----------------------|
Box 3 · frets 7–11
e|-------------------------------------8--9--10-| B|-------------------------------8--11----------| G|-------------------------7--10----------------| D|----------------8--10-11----------------------| A|----------8--10-------------------------------| E|-8--9--10-------------------------------------|
Box 4 · frets 10–13
e|----------------------------------10-13-| B|----------------------------11-13-------| G|----------------------10-12-------------| D|-------------10-11-12-------------------| A|-------10-13----------------------------| E|-10-13----------------------------------|
Box 5 · frets 12–15
e|----------------------------------13-15-| B|-------------------------13-14-15-------| G|-------------------12-15----------------| D|-------------12-15----------------------| A|-------13-15----------------------------| E|-13-15----------------------------------|
3 G minor licks to play with it
Box 1 licks from the JamEase lick library, written for G minor (h = hammer-on, p = pull-off, / = slide, b = bend, ~ = vibrato).
Octave answer
Root, a step down from the top, then the root an octave up.
e|-----3-| B|---6---| G|-------| D|-5-----| A|-------| E|-------|
Trill tease
Hammer and pull between two notes, then drop to the root.
e|-------------------| B|-------------------| G|-3h-5p-3h-5p-3-----| D|----------------5--| A|-------------------| E|-------------------|
Bend and cry
Two bends, a fall down the box, and a long root.
e|-6b-3--------------| B|-------6b-3--------| G|-------------5-----| D|----------------5~-| A|-------------------| E|-------------------|
G minor backing track
Play the boxes over this, starting and ending phrases on the gold root notes.
Smooth Slow Blues in G minor | Guitar Backing Track – AUsher Jam Tracks
Songs in G minor
These songs are in G minor, so this is a scale that fits for soloing over them:
- Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
- Breakeven – The Script
- 7 Years – Lukas Graham
- Havana – Camila Cabello
- Do I Wanna Know – Arctic Monkeys
- Rocket Man – Elton John
- Your Song – Ellie Goulding
- See You Again – Wiz Khalifa
- Like A Stone – Chris Cornell
- Hey Brother – Avicii
- To The Bone – Pamungkas
- Soldier Of Fortune – Deep Purple
Other scales in G
- G Minor Pentatonic Scale
- G Major Pentatonic Scale
- G Major Blues Scale
- G Major Scale
- G Natural Minor Scale
- G Dorian Mode
- G Mixolydian Mode
- G Phrygian Mode
- G Lydian Mode
- G Harmonic Minor Scale
- G 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
- F♯ 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 G blues scale?
G, Bb, C, Db, D, F. The formula is 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7.
Where do I start playing the G blues scale on guitar?
Start with Box 1, frets 3–6. The root note G is on the low E string at fret 3.