Guitar scale companion
Learn the C Blues scale on guitar. Explore notes, intervals, and fretboard positions with an interactive chart.
Every C 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.
C Blues Scale, C shape: the box around the C-shape C chord, taken from the C box of C Minor Pentatonic.
C shape tab (0-4) e |----1--2--3---| B |----1--------4| G |-0--------3---| D |----1-----3--4| A |----1-----3---| E |----1--2--3---|
C Blues Scale, A shape: the box around the A-shape C chord, taken from the A box of C Minor Pentatonic.
A shape tab (3-7) e |-3--------6---| B |----4-----6---| G |-3-----5------| D |-3--4--5------| A |-3--------6---| E |-3--------6---|
C Blues Scale, G shape: the box around the G-shape C chord, taken from the G box of C Minor Pentatonic.
G shape tab (5-9) e |----6-----8---| B |----6--7--8---| G |-5--------8---| D |-5--------8---| A |----6-----8--9| E |----6-----8---|
C Blues Scale, E shape: the box around the E-shape C chord, taken from the E box of C Minor Pentatonic.
E shape tab (7-11) e |----8-------11| B |-7--8-------11| G |----8----10-11| D |----8----10---| A |----8--9-10---| E |----8-------11|
C Blues Scale, D shape: the box around the D-shape C chord, taken from the D box of C Minor Pentatonic.
D shape tab (10-14) e |---11----13-14| B |---11----13---| G |10-11-12------| D |10-------13---| A |10-------13---| E |---11----13-14|