Fretwork

B Blues scale

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

Notes BDEFF#A
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.
135791215EADGBEEFF#ABDEFF#ABDEFF#ABDEFF#ABDEFABDEFF#ABDEFF#ABDEFF#ABDEFF#
Positions

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

Position at fret 1

1357EADGBEFF#ABDEFF#ABDEFFF#A

Position at fret 6

7912EADGBEBDEFF#ABDEFF#FF#ABD

Other keys