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
- G♯1
- Bb3
- C♯4
- Db5
- D♯5
- F♯b7
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 4–7
e|-------------------------4-7-| B|---------------------4-7-----| G|---------------4-6-7---------| D|-----------4-6---------------| A|-----4-5-6-------------------| E|-4-7-------------------------|
Box 2 · frets 6–9
e|-----------------------7-9-| B|-------------------7-9-----| G|-------------6-7-8---------| D|---------6-9---------------| A|-----6-9-------------------| E|-7-9-----------------------|
Box 3 · frets 8–12
e|-------------------------------------9--10-11-| B|-------------------------------9--12----------| G|-------------------------8--11----------------| D|----------------9--11-12----------------------| A|----------9--11-------------------------------| E|-9--10-11-------------------------------------|
Box 4 · frets 11–14
e|----------------------------------11-14-| B|----------------------------12-14-------| G|----------------------11-13-------------| D|-------------11-12-13-------------------| A|-------11-14----------------------------| E|-11-14----------------------------------|
Box 5 · frets 1–4
e|-----------------------2-4-| B|-----------------2-3-4-----| G|-------------1-4-----------| D|---------1-4---------------| A|-----2-4-------------------| E|-2-4-----------------------|
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).
Top walk down
Five notes down from the high root to the middle one.
e|-4---------| B|---7-4-----| G|-------6---| D|---------6-| A|-----------| E|-----------|
Low legato riff
The low riff again, with hammer-ons up and a pull-off home.
e|----------------------| B|----------------------| G|----------------------| D|----------------------| A|-------4h-6--4--------| E|-4h-7-----------7p-4--|
Bend and answer
Bend the G string up to the next note, then answer it across the top strings. It ends on the 4th, so it leads into your next phrase.
e|----------4-----------| B|----4--7-----7--4-----| G|-6b----------------6--| D|----------------------| A|----------------------| E|----------------------|
G♯ minor backing track
Play the boxes over this, starting and ending phrases on the gold root notes.
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Songs in G♯ minor
These songs are in G♯ minor, so this is a scale that fits for soloing over them:
- Sailor Song – Gigi Perez
- Stolen Dance – Milky Chance
- Youll Be Safe Here – Rivermaya
- Hit The Road Jack – Ray Charles
- Naive – The Kooks
- Be Alright – Dean Lewis
- Snow Hey Oh – Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Dont Cry – Guns N' Roses
- Still Loving You – Scorpions
- Our God – Chris Tomlin
- Lonely Day – System Of A Down
- Runaway – AURORA
Other scales in G♯
- G♯ Minor Pentatonic Scale
- A♭ Major Pentatonic Scale
- A♭ Major Blues Scale
- A♭ Major Scale
- G♯ Natural Minor Scale
- G♯ Dorian Mode
- A♭ Mixolydian Mode
- G♯ Phrygian Mode
- A♭ 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#, B, C#, D, 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 4–7. The root note G# is on the low E string at fret 4.