F Minor bluesScale

Formula

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

F Minor blues on the chromatic circle

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

W H H 1½ W 1½ ♭3 A♭I Major blues 4 B♭II ♭5 C♭III 5 CIV ♭7 E♭V 1 FVI Minor blues F Minor blues
The whole neck

F 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 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7 1 4 ♭5 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7 1
Context

Where F 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

F Minor blues scale questions

What notes are in the F Minor blues scale?

F A♭ B♭ C♭ C E♭. As degrees from the root: 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7.

What is the F 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 F Minor blues scale on guitar?

This page draws every note of F 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 E shape to the D shape to the C shape to the A shape to the G shape.

When is the F 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.