Like barre chorus, blues scales can be learned as patterns that can begin at any fret ‘on the guitar's neck. The letter name of the root will determine the letter name of the scale, Two common ingerings for the blues seale are shown below. Notice that one pat- and one has the root on the fifth string, Like the E blues seale, the notes in these patterns can be played in any order to creat tem has the root on the sixth ste solo, AREER voce Exam 2s a blues solo in the key of A, ereated from the notes ofthe A blues scale ‘The scale pattern used in the solo is the one shown above with the root on the sixth string, moved up to the fith fet, Ater practicing this solo, improvise your own solo to the blues in the key of A using the same scale pattern. Then practice playing solos indi {erent keys by using both of the moveable blues scales shown above, Meher @ 2 SOLOING GUIDELINES Knowing the blues scale isthe first step in building a solo, but there is, of course, han that. Next, you need some tips on how to arrange the notes of the scale. Here few guidelines 1. Confine the solo to a small portion of the scale pattern, Don’t feel the need to use every note in the scale pattern, 2, Don't try to play alot of notes. Keep it simple. Avoid a series of large skips 2s