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A♭ blues scale on guitar

A♭ C♭ D♭ E♭♭ E♭ G♭ (1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7)

Minor pentatonic plus the "blue note" ♭5, used as a passing note, not a place to sit.

The whole neck

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rootscale noteLow E string at the bottom.
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The 5 box positions

Boxes: the standard five shapes, two notes per string, one finger per fret. Learn one, then the next one up: they share an edge. Dots show scale degrees: 1 is the root.

Box 1 (frets 4–7)

345678 E A D G B e 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 ♭5 ♭5

Box 2 (frets 6–10)

567891011 E A D G B e ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭5 ♭5

Box 3 (frets 8–12)

78910111213 E A D G B e 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭5 ♭5 ♭5

Box 4 (frets 10–15)

910111213141516 E A D G B e 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 ♭5 ♭5 ♭5

Box 5 (frets 1–5)

123456 E A D G B e ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7 1 ♭5 ♭5

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Other scales from A♭

Blues scale in other keys