5 positions
of an A blues scale
You should think of these as 5 pieces of a puzzle.
The notes to the right in one form, will be the same as the notes
to the left in the next highest form. You can see this in the
2 forms listed below.
Here you can see the 2 forms from above combined
together.
Here are the 5 positions of an A blues scale. The
basic form that you have already learned is the 2nd one listed
here. Each scale form is listed in 2 different ways. To the left
you will see the how the scale formula is applied to the scale
form, and to the right you will see a suggested fingering. The
names that I have given for each of these scales are note universal.
They only reflect the order that I am introducing them in this
lesson.
These forms should be transposed to other keys as
well as A. In order to do this, you will need to know where the
roots are in each scale form. You will also need to study the
relationship of the adjacent scale forms. See how they fit together.
Blues
scale form 1
Blues
scale form 2
Blues
scale form 3
Blues
scale form 4
Blues
scale form 5
Blues
scale form 1 an octave higher
After form 5, the next higher position is form 1
again only starting an octave higher at the 15th fret.
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Page 2, The blues scale formula
Page 4, Extended blues scale
forms 
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