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
E
F♯
A
B
C
C♯
E
F♯
A
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
B
C
C♯
E
F♯
A
B
C
C♯
E
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 2–5)
1 2 3 4 5 6
E
A
D
G
B
e
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
♭5
♭5
Box 2 (frets 4–8)
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
E
A
D
G
B
e
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
♭5
♭5
♭5
Box 3 (frets 6–10)
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
E
A
D
G
B
e
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭5
♭5
♭5
Box 4 (frets 8–13)
7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
E
A
D
G
B
e
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
♭5
♭5
♭5
Box 5 (frets 11–15)
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
E
A
D
G
B
e
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭3
4
5
♭7
1
♭5
♭5