How To Play The Blues Scale

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Quickly Learn This ‘Must Know’ Guitar Scale

 

The main tools you need to play guitar (and any instrument) solos are the scales, and today I’m gonna show you one of the more important scales: The Blues Scale. This scale shape is used extensively in blues, rock, metal, country and jazz guitar playing. I’t very easy and most of rock, blues and metal licks come from it.

Learning this scale shape is a great way for beginners to start learning how to play lead guitar solos. So, today we are going to recap how to play the A minor pentatonic scale, learn the Blues scale shape and why it’s so important.

 

 

 

The blues scale is one of the most important scales to learn on guitar. It is used extensively in blues, rock, metal, country and jazz guitar playing.

Learning the blues scale is a great way for beginners to start learning how to play lead guitar solos. The scale shape is quick and easy to learn especially if you already know the minor pentatonic scale on your guitar. Like the minor pentatonic, the blues scale is a scale you will use all through your career as a guitar player.

Here’s a breakdown of what you learn in this video:

0:21 Why the blues scale is so important if you want to learn how to play guitar solos, licks and how to improvise.

1:10 Recap on how to play the A minor pentatonic scale shape. Complete with description and fingering guidelines.

1:41 How you can easily turn the minor pentatonic scale into the blues scale simply by adding one more note to it to create a six not scale. Complete with description and fingering guidelines.

3:24 Important tips for fingering the scale when soloing and improvising.

 

 



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