Blues Scales

    


A Extended Blues Run:

Root on the E string

|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------8--10--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--8--10----------|
|-------------|-------------|--5--7--8--9-|-----------------|
|-------------|--------5--7-|-------------|-----------------|
|--------3--5-|--6--7-------|-------------|-----------------|
|--3--5-------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|

|-11--12--11--10-|--8-----------|--------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----10--8----|--------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------9-|--8--7--5-----|----------------|
|----------------|--------------|------------7-|--5-------------|
|----------------|--------------|--------------|------7---6---5-|
|----------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
____________________________________________________________________
Root on the A string

|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------15-|
|----------------|----------------|-------------13-|-15--16--17-----|
|----------------|----------------|-----12--14-----|----------------|
|----------------|-----10--12--13-|-14-------------|----------------|
|-------------10-|-12-------------|----------------|----------------|
|-10--11--12-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|-17--17--15-----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------------17-|-13-------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----14--12-----|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|-------------14-|-13--10---------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------10-----|---------12-----|
|----------------|----------------|-------------12-|-11--10---------|
_____________________________________________________________________
Minor pentatonic:

O=Root
X=Blue Note
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ROOT on E

|-------------------------------------1--4---------|
|-------------------------------1--4---------------|
|----------------------1--3--4---------------------|
|----------------1--3------------------------------|
|-------1--2--3------------------------------------|
|-1--4---------------------------------------------|
  O        X        O        X
____________________________________________________
ROOT on E2

|----------------------------------2--4------------|
|-------------------------2--3--4------------------|
|-------------------1--4---------------------------|
|-------------1--4---------------------------------|
|-------2--4---------------------------------------|
|-2--4---------------------------------------------|
     O              O        X        O
____________________________________________________
ROOT on A

|----------------------------------2--4------------|
|----------------------------2--5------------------|
|----------------------1--4------------------------|
|----------------2--4------------------------------|
|----------2--4------------------------------------|
|-2--3--4------------------------------------------|
        O        X        O     X
____________________________________________________
ROOT on A2

|-------------------------------------1--4---------|
|----------------------------2--4--5---------------|
|----------------------1--3------------------------|
|-------------1--2--3------------------------------|
|-------1--4---------------------------------------|
|-1--4---------------------------------------------|
        O        X        O        X
____________________________________________________
ROOT on D

|----------------------------------2--4--5---------|
|----------------------------2--4------------------|
|-------------------1--2--3------------------------|
|-------------1--4---------------------------------|
|-------1--4---------------------------------------|
|-2--4---------------------------------------------|
              O        X        O        X
____________________________________________________
Mode Shapes:
O=Root
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Ionian

|-------------------------------------------1--2--4|
|-------------------------------------2--4---------|
|----------------------------1--3--4---------------|
|-------------------1--3--4------------------------|
|----------1--2--4---------------------------------|
|-1--2--4------------------------------------------|
     O                    O                    O
____________________________________________________
Dorian

|-------------------------------------------2--4--5|
|----------------------------------2--4--5---------|
|-------------------------1--2--4------------------|
|----------------1--2--4---------------------------|
|----------2--4------------------------------------|
|-2--3--4------------------------------------------|
  O                    O                    O
____________________________________________________
Phrygian

|-------------------------------------------2--3--5|
|----------------------------------2--3--5---------|
|----------------------------2--4------------------|
|-------------------2--4--5------------------------|
|----------2--4--5---------------------------------|
|-2--3--5------------------------------------------|
  O                 O                       O
____________________________________________________
Mixolydian

|-------------------------------------------2--4---|
|----------------------------------2--4--5---------|
|-------------------------1--3--4------------------|
|----------------1--2--4---------------------------|
|-------1--2--4------------------------------------|
|-2--4---------------------------------------------|
  O                    O                    O
____________________________________________________
Aeolian

|-------------------------------------------2--4--5|
|----------------------------------2--3--5---------|
|-------------------------1--2--4------------------|
|-------------------2--4---------------------------|
|----------2--4--5---------------------------------|
|-2--4--5------------------------------------------|
  O                    O                    O