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Bb Blues Scale

Learn the Bb Blues scale on guitar. Explore notes, intervals, and fretboard positions with an interactive chart.

Notes
Bb, Db, Eb, Fb, F, Ab
Steps
W+H-W-H-H-W+H-W
Sharps and flats
Bb, Db, Eb, Fb, Ab
All 5 positions
A shape (frets 1-5); G shape (frets 3-7); E shape (frets 5-9); D shape (frets 8-12); C shape (frets 10-14)
1Bbb3Db4Ebb5Fb5Fb7Ab

Full fretboard map

Every Bb Blues Scale note across the neck, with roots highlighted for quick orientation.

Interactive

Frets 0–24. Select a position or tap a note to hear it.

FbBGDAFbFAbBbDbEbFbFAbBbDbEbFbBbDbEbFbFAbBbDbEbFbFAbEbFbFAbBbDbEbFbFAbBbDbAbBbDbEbFbFAbBbDbEbFbFDbEbFbFAbBbDbEbFbFAbBbFAbBbDbEbFbFAbBbDbEbFb123456789101112131415161718192021222324
CAGED

Five Bb Blues Scale positions

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 shape · frets 1-5

Bb Blues Scale, A shape: the box around the A-shape Bb chord, taken from the A box of A# Minor Pentatonic.

Bb Blues Scale A shape positionFrets 1 through 5 for the A shape.EADGBe12345514b75b5b351b7b34b7
A shape tab (1-5)
e |-1--------4---|
B |----2-----4---|
G |-1-----3------|
D |-1--2--3------|
A |-1--------4---|
E |-1--------4---|

G shape · frets 3-7

Bb Blues Scale, G shape: the box around the G-shape Bb chord, taken from the G box of A# Minor Pentatonic.

Bb Blues Scale G shape positionFrets 3 through 7 for the G shape.EADGBe3456751b7b34b7b514b7b351b5
G shape tab (3-7)
e |----4-----6---|
B |----4--5--6---|
G |-3--------6---|
D |-3--------6---|
A |----4-----6--7|
E |----4-----6---|

E shape · frets 5-9

Bb Blues Scale, E shape: the box around the E-shape Bb chord, taken from the E box of A# Minor Pentatonic.

Bb Blues Scale E shape positionFrets 5 through 9 for the E shape.EADGBe56789b514b7b351b5514b3b5b7b3
E shape tab (5-9)
e |----6--------9|
B |-5--6--------9|
G |----6-----8--9|
D |----6-----8---|
A |----6--7--8---|
E |----6--------9|

D shape · frets 8-12

Bb Blues Scale, D shape: the box around the D-shape Bb chord, taken from the D box of A# Minor Pentatonic.

Bb Blues Scale D shape positionFrets 8 through 12 for the D shape.EADGBe89101112514b3b5b7b354b7b314b5b5
D shape tab (8-12)
e |----9----11-12|
B |----9----11---|
G |-8--9-10------|
D |-8-------11---|
A |-8-------11---|
E |----9----11-12|

C shape · frets 10-14

Bb Blues Scale, C shape: the box around the C-shape Bb chord, taken from the C box of A# Minor Pentatonic.

Bb Blues Scale C shape positionFrets 10 through 14 for the C shape.EADGBe101112131454b7b314b5b5514b75b5b3
C shape tab (10-14)
e |---11-12-13---|
B |---11-------14|
G |10-------13---|
D |---11----13-14|
A |---11----13---|
E |---11-12-13---|

Scale Degrees

DegreeIntervalNote
1RootBb
b3m3Db
4P4Eb
b5d5Fb
5P5F
b7m7Ab

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