Guitar scales · Blues
G blues scale on guitar
The G The minor pentatonic with one extra note, the ♭5 (also written ♯4), that gives the blues its bite. has six notes: G, B♭, C, D♭, D and F. As degrees: 1, ♭3, 4, ♭5, 5 and ♭7.
Notes and pattern
The G blues scale
Minor A five-note scale. The minor pentatonic is the most used scale in rock and blues guitar solos. plus the 'blue note' between the 4th and 5th, written ♭5 or ♯4. Play it to hear it up and down.
From note to note it climbs 3, 2, 1, 1, 3 and 2 The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step.. The two The smallest distance in Western music: one fret on the guitar, such as E to F or F to F♯. around the blue note are its bluesy rub.
The G The minor pentatonic with one extra note, the ♭5 (also written ♯4), that gives the blues its bite. is G minor A five-note scale. The minor pentatonic is the most used scale in rock and blues guitar solos. with one extra note, D♭, the blue note between the 4th and 5th. See that scale.
- G1
- B♭♭3
- C4
- D♭♭5
- D5
- F♭7
- G, the root
- Other scale notes
Chords
What to play G blues over
Play it over a 12-bar blues in G (G7, C7 and D7), or over rock and funk riffs in G minor.
Same root
Other scales on G
Change a note or two and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. takes on a new mood.
Questions
G blues, in short
- What notes are in the G blues scale?
- The G The minor pentatonic with one extra note, the ♭5 (also written ♯4), that gives the blues its bite. has six notes: G, B♭, C, D♭, D and F. As degrees: 1, ♭3, 4, ♭5, 5 and ♭7.
- What chords go with the G blues scale?
- Play it over a 12-bar blues in G (G7, C7 and D7), or over rock and funk riffs in G minor.