Open Position Blues Scale

Lesson 3/69 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Beginner Blues Guitar

Open Position Blues Scale

Apart from using the moveable scale forms, many Blues licks make use of the open position Blues scale in the key of E. The following solo Down in the Delta makes use of this scale. It is based on ideas from the playing of Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and Buddy Guy. This example sounds best when played with the fingers of the right hand instead of a pick. In this style, the right thumb usually plays notes on the lower three strings while the fingers play the higher three strings. For an introduction to fingerpicking Blues, see Prpgressive Blues Acoustic Guitar Method. For a more in-depth study of the E Blues scale and it's uses, see Progressive Blues Lead Guitar Technique.

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1- Scale Degrees 2- The Slide 3- Left Hand Technique 4- Bending Notes 5- The Pentatonic Scale 6- The Release Bend 7- Vibrato 8- Moveable Chord Shapes - a System 9- Turnarounds 10- Moveable Shuffle Patterns 11- The Trail Off 12- 7th Bar Chords 13- Moving to Different Keys 14- Five Forms of the Pentatonic Scale 15- The Triplet 16- INTRODUCTION 17- The Trill 18- Arpeggios 19- The 12 Bar Blues Progression 20- Bar Chords 21- Twelve Eight Time <span class="symbolA">+</span> 22- The Shuffle 23- The Blues Scale 24- Moving Between Forms 25- The Whip 26- Enharmonic Notes 27- Ldentifying Scale Patterns 28- Open Position Blues Scale 29- Vibrato With Bent Notes 30- Chord Diagrams 31- Analyzing What You Play 32- Minor Arpeggios 33- Slight Bends 34- The Rake 35- The Ascending Slide 36- D Form (Pattern 2) 37- The Hammer-on 38- Chords I IV and V in all Keys 39- Rhythm Notation 40- Two Note Chords 41- Left Hand Technique 42- Minor Bar Chords 43- Moveable 7th Chord Forms 44- Sixteenth Notes 45- Voicings 46- Thirty Second Notes 47- Fretboard Diagrams 48- Dominant 7th Arpeggios 49- Root Six Bar Chords 50- Pentatonic Blues Solo 51- C Form (Pattern 3) 52- The Pull-off 53- The Descending Slide 54- Right Hand Damping 55- Swing Rhythms 56- A Final Solo 57- Tablature 58- Combining Scales and Arpeggios 59- The Valued Slide 60- A Form (Pattern 4) 61- Notes on the Sixth String 62- Super-imposing Chord Forms 63- G Form (Pattern 5) 64- Tablature Symbols 65- Percussive Strumming 66- Technique 67- Root 5 Bar Chords 68- Notes on the Fifth String 69- Changing Between Shapes

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Open Position Blues Scale