Fretwork

C# Blues scale

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

Notes C#EF#GG#B
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.
135791215EADGBEEF#GG#BC#EF#GBC#EF#GG#BEF#GG#BC#EGG#BC#EF#GG#BC#EF#GG#BC#EF#GG#BC#EF#G
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 3

3579EADGBEGG#BC#EF#GG#BC#EF#GGG#B

Position at fret 8

912EADGBEC#EF#GG#BC#EF#GG#GG#BC#E

Other keys