F blues scale on guitar
F A♭ B♭ C♭ C E♭ (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
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
E
A
D
G
B
e
F
A♭
B♭
C♭
C
E♭
F
A♭
B♭
C♭
C
E♭
F
A♭
B♭
C♭
C
E♭
F
A♭
B♭
C♭
C
E♭
F
A♭
B♭
C♭
C
E♭
F
A♭
B♭
C♭
C
C♭
C
E♭
F
A♭
B♭
C♭
C
E♭
F
A♭
B♭
C♭
C
E♭
F
A♭
root scale noteLow E string at the bottom.
Open it on the interactive fretboard
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 1–4)
1 2 3 4 5
E
A
D
G
B
e
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
♭5
♭5
Box 2 (frets 3–7)
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
E
A
D
G
B
e
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
♭5
♭5
♭5
Box 3 (frets 5–9)
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
E
A
D
G
B
e
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭5
♭5
♭5
Box 4 (frets 7–12)
6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
E
A
D
G
B
e
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
♭5
♭5
♭5
Box 5 (frets 10–14)
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
E
A
D
G
B
e
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭5
♭5