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E|---------------------
B|--------6------------
G|--------6h7---------
D|--8--8-------8--8--
A|---------------------
E|---------------------
IV
E|------------------------
B|------------------------
G|-----6--------6--6h8-
D|--------7--8-----------
A|--6--------------------
E|------------------------
E|--9----------------------
B|-----11--9------9------
G|------------10-----10--
D|-------------------------
A|-------------------------
E|-------------------------
The Notes:
----------------------------------------------------5---8--------------
---------------------------------------------5--8---------------------
---------------------------------5---7--8----------------------------
---------------------5--6--7-----------------------------------------
----------5--6--7-----------------------------------------------------
-5--8-----------------------------------------------------------------
Disclaimer: This is not a proper "pentatonic" scale but the differences are so arbitrary that it is
not worth discussion in this topic; you will eventually play these notes when using a blues
scale.
I won't go into huge detail about the scale itself ( because there is literally millions of
resources on that ) but I will get into some detail about how to understand it better through
seeing it the form of "boxes". Boxes & Bridges In this scale are 2 shapes I want you to see
inside of it: boxes and bridges. a box will be a full step between two notes and a bridge will
link these boxes together:
-----------------------------------------------------------{8--10}----
---------------------------------------------------{8--10}------------
--------------------------------------<7---9>-------------------------
--------------------(-5----7)-----------------------------------------
----------(5----7-)---------------------------------------------------
-5--8-----------------------------------------------------------------
( ) = box 1 { } = box 2 < > = bridge
Looking at these 2 shapes will give a reference to beginning to know how to improvise leads
when you hear music. At the beginning level there is no need to make it complicated try this
simple formula: Box 1: .. .. .. .. bridge: .. Box 2: .. .. .. .. Okay, now in tab:
Box 1:
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
------7--7---5-----------------------5-----7---------------------
-------------------7----5---5---7---------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Bridge:
------------------------------------
-----------------------------------
--------------S7--S9--7------
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
Box 2:
-----------------------------------b8----------------10---8------------
-------------------------------------------10--10---------------10------
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