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The Blues scale all five box scales

Below are five box shape Blues Scales that complete the entire neck. Practice the Blues

Scales in all keys and try to connect them with the rest of the shapes so you can play up and

down the entire neck laterally. Connect them with the Expanded I and II Blues scales.

Remember, try to see the connection points and the neck as one big scale and play laterally

across it, not always in individual boxes.

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#4 box – in Am start with 1st finger on

the 10th fret, low E string on the D

note. First three strings are first part

of expanded II scale

1 1 1

3

1

4

3 4

1

1

3 3

(^2 2)
#5 box – in Am start with 1st finger on
12 th fret, low E string on E note. (last two
boxes and the first one combine to form
expanded II scale)
4
(^1 1)
3 3
4 3
1
1 1 1
4
4
1
#3 box – in Am start with 2nd finger
on the 8th fret, low E string on the C
note. (the lower part of this box is
that mini box in the expanded I scale)
1 1
1
3
1
(^4 3)
3
2 1
4
2
4
4
#2 “basic box” shape – in Am start
with 1st finger on the 5th fret, low E
string on the A note. Use 2nd and 4th
fingers for blue notes
(^1 1)
4
1
4
3 3
1
3
1
4
1
2
4
#1 box – in Am start with 4th finger
on the 5th fret, low E string on the A
note. Go outside for the blue note on
the D string
2
1
2
4 4
1
4 4 4
2
4
2
1
3