#BLUES SCALE RAPIDCOMPOSER HOW TO#

On the B string, play the twelfth fret with your first finger, fifteenth fret with your fourth finger, and then play the same frets on the high E string. Then you’ll play the B and high E strings, which are the same pattern. On the G string, play the twelfth fret with your first finger, fourteenth fret with your third finger, and the fifteenth fret with your fourth finger. With the D string, play the twelfth fret with your first finger and the fourteenth fret with your third finger. On the A string, play the twelfth fret with your first finger, thirteenth fret with your second finger, and the fourteenth fret with your third finger. Play the twelfth fret with your first finger and the fifteenth fret with your pinky. Move your scale shape up from the open low E note to the E note on the twelfth fret, which is your new starting point. The only difference is that instead of playing open E string notes, your index finger will play those notes on the twelfth fret. You can also play the same open E blues scale shape one octave higher. An easy way to help you learn where they are is to pause when you get to them, like I demonstrate in the video. As you practice and memorize this scale shape, be aware of the root notes. Your root notes are the open low E string, second fret of the D string, and the open high E string. When you’re looking at the diagram for this scale shape, you’ll see black, filled in circles. That’s the entire 6-string open E blues scale shape. Get those two strings down, memorize where the notes are, and add them to the rest of the shape. Play the open E and then the third fret with your third finger. Play the open B string and then the third fret with your third finger, followed by the same pattern on the high E string. The last two strings, the B and the high E, are really easy because the pattern is the same for both. As always, get those three notes down and then add them in to the rest of the scale. On the G string, play the open G, the second fret with your second finger, and then the flat 5 note is the third fret with your third finger.

Now we move to the second octave, and we’ll be adding in another flat 5 note. This now completes the first octave for the blues scale. Get comfortable with these notes, memorize them, and then add them to the rest of the scale. Play the open D string and then the second fret with your second finger. Next is the D string and the notes here are pretty easy. Get those three notes down, and then add them to the rest of the shape. Play the open A string, the first fret with your first finger, and then the second fret with your second finger. With the minor pentatonic scale, there would normally be two notes, but this is where we will insert the flat 5 note. Moving to the A string, we have three notes to play here. Get those first two notes down and memorize where they are. Place your third finger on the third fret of the low E string and play that note. At the beginning of the scale, start with the lowest root note on the open E string and play that note. This note is responsible for giving the blues scale it’s signature “bluesy” sound.Īs I mentioned, if you know your minor pentatonic scale the blues guitar scale shape will be easy because we’re only adding one note in each octave. If you already know the minor pentatonic scale shape then you’re a step ahead because we only have to add one note to it, the flat 5 note. It’s better to know one blues scale shape really well rather than know all the scales but not be able to use them very well. There are several different blues scale shapes, but we’re going to concentrate on only one for this lesson.

#BLUES SCALE RAPIDCOMPOSER HOW TO#

In later lessons, we’ll go over how to start choosing your notes on the blues scale, but for this lesson just learn the shape and have fun. The nice thing about learning the blues scale is that once you learn it, it’s easy to make it your own and create great sounding solos.

Blues scale rapidcomposer