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G# minor blues scale

It has 6 notes: G# B C# D D# F#. Formula: 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7.

Degree1♭34♭55♭7
NoteG#BC#DD#F#

Patterns

Strings run like tab: high e on top. Numbers are scale degrees; amber dots are the root.

Box 1Frets 4–7 · root G#
eBGDAE45671b34b55b71b34b55b71b3
Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 4 (1), 7 (b3)
  • B: 4 (5), 7 (b7)
  • G: 4 (b3), 6 (4), 7 (b5)
  • D: 4 (b7), 6 (1)
  • A: 4 (4), 5 (b5), 6 (5)
  • E: 4 (1), 7 (b3)
Box 2Frets 6–9 · root G#
eBGDAE6789b345b71b34b55b71b34
Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 7 (b3), 9 (4)
  • B: 7 (b7), 9 (1)
  • G: 6 (4), 7 (b5), 8 (5)
  • D: 6 (1), 9 (b3)
  • A: 6 (5), 9 (b7)
  • E: 7 (b3), 9 (4)
Box 3Frets 8–12 · root G#
eBGDAE891011124b55b71b34b55b71b34b55
Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 9 (4), 10 (b5), 11 (5)
  • B: 9 (1), 12 (b3)
  • G: 8 (5), 11 (b7)
  • D: 9 (b3), 11 (4), 12 (b5)
  • A: 9 (b7), 11 (1)
  • E: 9 (4), 10 (b5), 11 (5)
Box 4Frets 11–14 · root G#
eBGDAE111213145b71b34b55b71b345b7
Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 11 (5), 14 (b7)
  • B: 12 (b3), 14 (4)
  • G: 11 (b7), 13 (1)
  • D: 11 (4), 12 (b5), 13 (5)
  • A: 11 (1), 14 (b3)
  • E: 11 (5), 14 (b7)
Box 5Frets 13–16 · root G#
eBGDAE13141516b71b345b71b34b55b71
Notes per string (fret and degree)
  • e: 14 (b7), 16 (1)
  • B: 14 (4), 15 (b5), 16 (5)
  • G: 13 (1), 16 (b3)
  • D: 13 (5), 16 (b7)
  • A: 14 (b3), 16 (4)
  • E: 14 (b7), 16 (1)

Same notes, different home

These scales use exactly the same notes, centered on a different root.

Chords it fits

This scale in other keys

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