Guitar scale companion
Learn the A Blues scale on guitar. Explore notes, intervals, and fretboard positions with an interactive chart.
Every A Blues Scale note across the neck, with roots highlighted for quick orientation.
Frets 0–24. Select a position or tap a note to hear it.
These CAGED-family boxes show the same scale in complete practical areas before you explore the full neck. Each one surrounds a CAGED chord shape; see how the five shapes connect in the CAGED system.
A Blues Scale, A shape: the box around the A-shape A chord, taken from the A box of A Minor Pentatonic.
A shape tab (0-4) e |-0--------3---| B |----1-----3---| G |-0-----2------| D |-0--1--2------| A |-0--------3---| E |-0--------3---|
A Blues Scale, G shape: the box around the G-shape A chord, taken from the G box of A Minor Pentatonic.
G shape tab (2-6) e |----3-----5---| B |----3--4--5---| G |-2--------5---| D |-2--------5---| A |----3-----5--6| E |----3-----5---|
A Blues Scale, E shape: the box around the E-shape A chord, taken from the E box of A Minor Pentatonic.
E shape tab (4-8) e |----5--------8| B |-4--5--------8| G |----5-----7--8| D |----5-----7---| A |----5--6--7---| E |----5--------8|
A Blues Scale, D shape: the box around the D-shape A chord, taken from the D box of A Minor Pentatonic.
D shape tab (7-11) e |----8----10-11| B |----8----10---| G |-7--8--9------| D |-7-------10---| A |-7-------10---| E |----8----10-11|
A Blues Scale, C shape: the box around the C-shape A chord, taken from the C box of A Minor Pentatonic.
C shape tab (9-13) e |---10-11-12---| B |---10-------13| G |-9-------12---| D |---10----12-13| A |---10----12---| E |---10-11-12---|