Fretwork

A# Blues scale

The minor pentatonic with the flat fifth added — the blue note. It wants to be passed through rather than landed on.

Notes A#C#D#EFG#
Degrees 1♭34♭55♭7
Intervals0 semitones · 3 semitones · 5 semitones · 6 semitones · 7 semitones · 10 semitones
The whole neck
Note names Scale degrees Filled markers are the root.
135791215EADGBEEFG#A#C#D#EFA#C#D#EFG#A#D#EFG#A#C#D#EFG#A#C#D#EFG#A#C#D#EFG#A#C#EFG#A#C#D#EF
Positions

Each of these fits under one hand without shifting. Learn one until you can play it without looking before starting the next.

Open position

135EADGBEEFG#A#C#D#EFG#A#C#D#EEFG#

Position at fret 5

579EADGBEA#C#D#EFG#A#C#D#EFEFG#A#C#

Other keys