B Blues Scale

Practise this scale

Standard tuning: E, A, D, G, B, E, from the thickest string to the thinnest. The tab keeps the positions used in the original exercise.

Correction in this score: Added the final B at string 6, fret 7. The original ASCII tab omits it; the source MIDI includes it. Original tab retained below.

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B Blues Scale: standard notation and tablature. The complete note and fret sequence follows below.

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Read the notes and fret positions

String 1 is the thin, high E string. String 6 is the thick, low E string. Play one note per beat at 120 BPM, or choose a slower practice speed.

Note	Pitch	String	Fret
1	B2	6	7
2	D3	6	10
3	E3	5	7
4	F3	5	8
5	F#3	5	9
6	A3	4	7
7	B3	4	9
8	D4	3	7
9	E4	3	9
10	F4	3	10
11	F#4	2	7
12	A4	2	10
13	B4	1	7
14	A4	2	10
15	F#4	2	7
16	F4	3	10
17	E4	3	9
18	D4	3	7
19	B3	4	9
20	A3	4	7
21	F#3	5	9
22	F3	5	8
23	E3	5	7
24	D3	6	10
25	B2	6	7

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E||-----------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
B||-----------------------|----------------------|-------------7----10----|
G||-----------------------|-----------------7----|--9----10---------------|
D||-----------------------|-------7----9---------|------------------------|
A||-------------7----8----|--9-------------------|------------------------|
E||--7----10--------------|----------------------|------------------------|

--7---------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
-------10----7----------|----------------------|-----------------------|
------------------10----|--9----7--------------|-----------------------|
------------------------|------------9----7----|-----------------------|
------------------------|----------------------|--9----8----7----------|
------------------------|----------------------|-----------------10----|

Note	Pitch	String	Fret
1	B2	6	7
2	D3	6	10
3	E3	5	7
4	F3	5	8
5	F#3	5	9
6	A3	4	7
7	B3	4	9
8	D4	3	7
9	E4	3	9
10	F4	3	10
11	F#4	2	7
12	A4	2	10
13	B4	1	7
14	A4	2	10
15	F#4	2	7
16	F4	3	10
17	E4	3	9
18	D4	3	7
19	B3	4	9
20	A3	4	7
21	F#3	5	9
22	F3	5	8
23	E3	5	7
24	D3	6	10
25	B2	6	7

Note	Pitch	String	Fret
1	B2	6	7
2	D3	6	10
3	E3	5	7
4	F3	5	8
5	F#3	5	9
6	A3	4	7
7	B3	4	9
8	D4	3	7
9	E4	3	9
10	F4	3	10
11	F#4	2	7
12	A4	2	10
13	B4	1	7
14	A4	2	10
15	F#4	2	7
16	F4	3	10
17	E4	3	9
18	D4	3	7
19	B3	4	9
20	A3	4	7
21	F#3	5	9
22	F3	5	8
23	E3	5	7
24	D3	6	10
25	B2	6	7

Note	Pitch	String	Fret
1	B2	6	7
2	D3	6	10
3	E3	5	7
4	F3	5	8
5	F#3	5	9
6	A3	4	7
7	B3	4	9
8	D4	3	7
9	E4	3	9
10	F4	3	10
11	F#4	2	7
12	A4	2	10
13	B4	1	7
14	A4	2	10
15	F#4	2	7
16	F4	3	10
17	E4	3	9
18	D4	3	7
19	B3	4	9
20	A3	4	7
21	F#3	5	9
22	F3	5	8
23	E3	5	7
24	D3	6	10
25	B2	6	7