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Shape Of You – Key & Guitar Solo Scale

Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran is in C♯ minor. To solo over it, start with the C♯ minor pentatonic; the C♯ blues scale adds grit and the C♯ natural minor adds melody.

The scale for soloing over Shape Of You

e|-------------------------------9--12-|
B|-------------------------9--12-------|
G|-------------------9--11-------------|
D|-------------9--11-------------------|
A|-------9--11-------------------------|
E|-9--12-------------------------------|

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C# Minor Pentatonic Scale on the whole neck

2 C♯ minor licks to try over Shape Of You

Box 1 licks from the JamEase lick library, written for C♯ minor (h = hammer-on, p = pull-off, / = slide, b = bend, ~ = vibrato).

e|----------|
B|----------|
G|-11-9-----|
D|-------11-|
A|----------|
E|----------|

e|-------------------------|
B|---------9---------------|
G|-9h--11------11p-9-------|
D|---------------------11--|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|

Listen: Shape Of You

Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran

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