A♭ Minor bluesScale

Formula

1½ W H H 1½ W 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7
The family

A♭ Minor blues on the chromatic circle

A♭ Minor blues has the notes of C♭ Major blues, started from A♭. Pick another note on the circle to open the scale that starts there.

W H H 1½ W 1½ ♭3 C♭I Major blues 4 D♭II ♭5 E𝄫III 5 E♭IV ♭7 G♭V 1 A♭VI Minor blues A♭ Minor blues
The whole neck

A♭ Minor blues across the fretboard

Every note of the scale up to the 16th fret, named by its degree. The root is a ring. Step through the five CAGED positions one at a time in the scale library.

3 5 7 9 12 15 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 ♭5 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7
Context

Where A♭ Minor blues fits

Blues and blues-rock soloing: the minor pentatonic with the ♭5 blue note. Played over every chord of a 12-bar blues.

Minor blues scale in every key

A♭ Minor blues scale questions

What notes are in the A♭ Minor blues scale?

A♭ C♭ D♭ E𝄫 E♭ G♭. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7.

What is the A♭ Minor blues scale formula?

1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7, or in steps between the notes, 1½ W H H 1½ W (W is a whole step of two frets, H a half step of one fret, 1½ three frets).

How do you play the A♭ Minor blues scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of A♭ Minor blues up to the 16th fret, each named by its degree with the root as a ring. To learn it a few frets at a time, open it in the scale library and step through its five CAGED positions, from the G shape to the E shape to the D shape to the C shape to the A shape.

When is the A♭ Minor blues scale used?

Blues and blues-rock soloing: the minor pentatonic with the ♭5 blue note. Played over every chord of a 12-bar blues.