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Scales for blues · Guitar

Best scales for blues on Guitar

Electric blues vocabulary. Minor pentatonic + the ♭5 'blue note', Mixolydian for the dominant-7 colour, major pentatonic over the IV chord.

E Pentatonic Minor

Foundation — five notes that work everywhere.

E Blues

Add the ♭5 for the 'blue note'.

E Mixolydian

Over the I7 dominant chord.

E Pentatonic Major

Country / rock-blues over major.

E Major Blues

Major pentatonic + ♭3 passing tone.