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 CD#FF#GA#
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.
135791215EADGBEFF#GA#CD#FF#GA#CD#FF#GA#CD#FF#GA#CD#FGA#CD#FF#GA#CD#FF#GA#CFF#GA#CD#FF#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 2

357EADGBEF#GA#CD#FF#GA#CD#FF#F#GA#

Position at fret 7

7912EADGBECD#FF#GA#CD#FF#GF#GA#CD#

Other keys