Fretwork

G Blues scale

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

Notes GA#CC#DF
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.
135791215EADGBEFGA#CC#DFGA#CC#DFGA#CDFGA#CC#DFGA#CC#DFGA#CC#DFGA#CC#DFGA#CC#DFG
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

357EADGBEGA#CC#DFGA#CC#DC#DFGA#

Position at fret 9

91215EADGBEC#DFGA#CC#DFGA#CC#C#DF

Other keys