Guitar scales

Major Blues Scale – Guitar

The major pentatonic plus the b3: the slide from b3 to 3 is the classic country-blues move.

Formula: 1 – 2 – b3 – 3 – 5 – 6. The shapes are movable: learn them in one key and slide them to any other. Here it is in C, the most common key to learn it in.

C major blues scale on the whole neck

Pick a key

• C Major Blues Scale
• D♭ Major Blues Scale
• D Major Blues Scale
• E♭ Major Blues Scale
• E Major Blues Scale
• F Major Blues Scale
• F♯ Major Blues Scale
• G Major Blues Scale
• A♭ Major Blues Scale
• A Major Blues Scale
• B♭ Major Blues Scale
• B Major Blues Scale

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