Guitar UpscaleMajor Blues Scale on guitar
The major blues scale is the major pentatonic plus the flat third, a sweet country blues sound.
| Notes in A | A B C C# E F# |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 2 b3 3 5 6 |
| Steps | W H H W+H W W+H (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 6 |
| Style in the app | Blues, scale "Blues Major" |
Play the A Major Blues Scale on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Major Blues Scale
The notes are root, 2nd, flat 3rd, 3rd, 5th and 6th.
It has the same notes as the blues scale three frets lower. C major blues and A blues share every note.
Slide or hammer from the flat 3rd to the 3rd. Country and southern rock players use this move all the time.
Intervals from the root
| Degree | Interval | Semitones | In A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | 0 | A |
| 2 | Major 2nd | 2 | B |
| b3 | Minor 3rd | 3 | C |
| 3 | Major 3rd | 4 | C# |
| 5 | Perfect 5th | 7 | E |
| 6 | Major 6th | 9 | F# |
Same notes, another starting note
Start the A Major Blues Scale on another of its notes and you get these scales:
- From degree 6 (F#): F# Blues Scale
Major Blues Scale in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C D Eb E G A | Open |
| C# | C# D# E E# G# A# | Open |
| D | D E F F# A B | Open |
| Eb | Eb F Gb G Bb C | Open |
| E | E F# G G# B C# | Open |
| F | F G Ab A C D | Open |
| F# | F# G# A A# C# D# | Open |
| G | G A Bb B D E | Open |
| G# | G# A# B B# D# E# | Open |
| A | A B C C# E F# | Open |
| Bb | Bb C Db D F G | Open |
| B | B C# D D# F# G# | Open |