![]() ![]() The notes in a C blues scale are as follows: C, E flat, F, G flat, G, B flat Note: this is an example of how Pattern 4 from the Blues Bass Scale Patterns section can be used to play a B flat blues scale. The notes in a B flat blues scale are as follows: B flat, D flat, E flat, F flat, F, A flat Note: this scale is the same pattern as that used in the E blues scale open position scale, but played on the adjacent strings. ![]() The notes in an A blues scale are as follows: A, C, D, E flat, E, G The notes in a G blues scale are as follows: G, B flat, C, D flat, D, F The above TAB shows how Pattern 1 from the Blues Scales Bass Patterns section below can be used to play an F blues scale. The notes in an F blues scale are as follows: F, A flat, B flat, C flat, C, E flat The notes in an E blues scale are as follows: E, G, A, B flat, B, D played in the first 4 frets, often incorporating open (unfingered) strings). The Blues scales shown below are in open position (i.e. In the second part of the page you’ll find a number of movable bass scale patterns with which you’ll be able to play blues scales all over the bass guitar neck.īelow you will find TAB for playing Blues scales with various common tonic notes. The first section of the page shows to how to play a blues scale with a number of commonly-used tonic notes in open position. This page is divided into two main sections: Blues Scale For Bass TAB the ‘A’ notes in an A major scale, or the ‘C’ notes in a C major scale. * The tonic note of a scale is the note that the scale is named after, i.e. By the end of the page you’ll be able to play a blues scale with any tonic note* all over the fretboard. On this page you’ll find out how to play the blues scale on bass guitar. You can use it to write basslines, licks and riffs, and also to improvise bass solos. ![]() The blues scale is widely-used in blues, rock, metal and jazz. The additional 'blue' notes have been circled.īy comparing the two scales the distinctive blues sound of the blues scale should be instantly apparent. It's this note, which goes by several names, including: flattened fifth, flat five, diminished fifth, or simply the ‘blues note’, that gives the blues scale its distinctive ‘bluesy’ sound.īelow is a comparison of an A pentatonic minor scale and an A blues scale on bass guitar. By comparing the two scales you’ll notice that the only difference between them is that the blues scale contains an additional note. The blues scale is in fact no more than a slightly modified pentatonic minor scale.
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