A Blues Guitar Scale

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Notes in the A Blues Guitar Scale

How to play the A Blues guitar scale

The A Blues scale is a blues scale which means it has the following definition:

R b3 4 #4 5 b7

Which notes are in the A Blues guitar scale?

The notes in the A Blues scale are:

A C D D# E G A

There are 6 notes in the scale with no flats and 1 sharp.

What are the intervals in the A Blues Guitar Scale?

The scale definition for the A Blues guitar scale is R b3 4 #4 5 b7 which means that the interval formula for the scale in semitones is:

3 2 1 1 3 2

You can also write this as note intervals:

Tone and a half Tone Semitone Semitone Tone and a half Tone

The A Blues Guitar Scale on the fretboard

Let's take a look at A Blues on the guitar fretboard. Here is the scale across the entire fretboard:

Full guitar fretboard for A Blues scale

A Blues Guitar Scale Recap

Here is a quick recap of all the information about the A Blues covered in this page:

  • The A Blues Scale is a blues scale.

  • The definition of the A Blues scale is: R b3 4 #4 5 b7

  • The notes in the A Blues guitar scale are: A C D D# E G A

  • The interval formula for the A Blues scale is: 3 2 1 1 3 2

  • The note intervals in the A Blues scale are: Tone and a half Tone Semitone Semitone Tone and a half Tone

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