Root notes

Root notes and lead guitar is a difficult subject. Therefore, Let's examine an example.

The root note is LE2. So Let's move the root note to LE4 and play the same scale. Each note will be moved down 2 frets.

F # major blues scale -

LE2 LE4 A1 A4 D1 D4 G1 G2 G3 B2 B4 LE2

becomes

A b major blues scale -

LE4 LE6 A3 A6 D3 D6 G3 G4 G5 B4 B6 HE4

Scale shapes

Let's look at some common scale shapes: (tabs and audio)

Blues Scale Tab

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