The Blues Scale Pattern

Lesson 3/70 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Rock Guitar Licks

The Blues Scale Pattern

To incorporate this extra note into pattern one, add the notes on the third and fifth string as indicated by the diagram that follows. When using this extra note, you are in effect playing a blues scale. The following example is in the key of G. The notes in the G blues scale are G Bb C Db D and F. This is the same as the G Minor Pentatonic scale. except the flattened fifth note of the Major scale has been added (a Db note).

The following licks are played using the ‘G’ blues scale.

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1- Pattern Three - Key of B<span class="symbolA">b</span> 2- Pattern Two - Key of F 3- Pattern Two - Key of G 4- Pattern Two 5- INTRODUCTION 6- Pattern Two - Key of C 7- Pattern Two - Key of A 8- Pattern One - Double Note Licks 9- Pattern One - The Blues Scale 10- Pattern Three 11- Pattern One - Key of D 12- Pattern Three - Key of G 13- Pattern One - Key of E 14- Pattern Three - Key of C 15- Pattern Four - Key of E 16- Key of A 17- Pattern Five - Key of G 18- Pattern Five 19- Pattern One 20- Pattern One - Key of G 21- Pattern One - Key of A 22- Pattern Four - Key of G 23- Pattern One - Key of C 24- Pattern Four 25- The Blues Scale 26- Pattern Three - The Blues Scale 27- More Double Note Licks 28- Rock Guitar Solo 3: Two's Company 29- Vibrato 30- Additional Notes 31- Rock Guitar Solo 5: The Fourth Dimension 32- Joining Patterns One and Two 33- Double Note Licks 34- Joining Patterns Three, Four and Five 35- Progressive Rock Guitar Method 36- Rock Guitar Solo 2: All For One And One For All 37- The Blues Scale Pattern 38- Fretboard Position 39- Fretboard Position 40- Fretboard Position 41- Fretboard Position 42- The Release Bend 43- Fretboard Position 44- Rock Guitar Solo 4: The Hat-Trick 45- Rock Guitar Solo 6: The Pentathlon 46- Progressive Rock Guitar Technique 47- Rock Progression in E 48- The Hammer 49- The Pull-off 50- The Slide 51- Pattern Three - Additional Notes 52- The Bend 53- Blues Rock Progression in A 54- Twelve Bar Blues in G 55- Rock Guitar Solo 1: One For The Road 56- Jazz - Blues Progression in C 57- Joining Pattern Five With Pattern One 58- Two's Company - Analysis 59- All For One And One For All - Analysis 60- The Fourth Dimension - Analysis 61- Scale Diagrams Used In This Book 62- Create Your Own Solo 63- Eight Bar Rock Progression in C 64- Rock Progression in D 65- Notation 66- Patterns One and Two - Summary 67- The Hat-Trick - Analysis 68- Tablature Symbols Used In This Book 69- Patterns Three, Four and Five - Summary 70- One For The Road - Analysis

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The Blues Scale Pattern