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C♯ blues scale on guitar

C♯ blues has 6 notes: C♯, E, F♯, G, G♯, B. Also called minor blues.

C♯ blues: notes, degrees and the semitones to the next note
NoteC♯EF♯GG♯B
Degree1♭34♭55♭7
Step321132

C♯ blues on the whole neck

Every C♯ blues note from the open strings to fret 15, in standard E tuning (E A D G B E), by name; by degree under "Show more".

C♯ blues scale, note names, frets 0 to 15E2F#2G2G#2B2C#3E3F#3G3B2C#3E3F#3G3G#3B3E3F#3G3G#3B3C#4E4G3G#3B3C#4E4F#4G4G#4B3C#4E4F#4G4G#4B4C#5E4F#4G4G#4B4C#5E5F#5G56E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
  • C♯ blues
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C♯ blues scale, degrees, frets 0 to 15b34b55b71b34b5b71b34b55b7b34b55b71b3b55b71b34b55b71b34b55b71b34b55b71b34b56E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
  • C♯ blues
Degrees

C♯ blues in 5 positions

The neck split into the hand positions Practice Lab practices, one for each place a C♯ falls on a string, with the notes its scale run fingers there.

C♯ blues, position 1, frets 2 to 64b55b71b34b5b71b34b556E25A24D33G32B31E423456
    Position 1: frets 2–6, 14 notes
    C♯ blues, position 2, frets 4 to 85b71b34b55b71b34b55b76E25A24D33G32B31E445678
      Position 2: frets 4–8, 14 notes
      C♯ blues, position 3, frets 6 to 10b71b34b55b71b34b55b716E25A24D33G32B31E4678910
        Position 3: frets 6–10, 14 notes
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        C♯ blues, position 4, frets 9 to 121b34b55b71b34b55b71b36E25A24D33G32B31E4910111213
          Position 4: frets 9–12, 14 notes
          C♯ blues, position 5, frets 11 to 15b34b55b71b34b55b71b34b56E25A24D33G32B31E41112131415
            Position 5: frets 11–15, 15 notes

            Triads in C♯ blues

            DegreeChordPages
            1C♯mC♯ minor arpeggio
            1C♯dimC♯ diminished arpeggio
            ♭3EE major arpeggio
            ♭3EmE minor arpeggio

            Seventh chords in C♯ blues

            DegreeChordPages
            1C♯m7C♯m7 arpeggio · C♯m7 drop 2 · C♯m7 drop 3 · C♯m7 drop 2 and 4
            1C♯m7♭5C♯m7♭5 arpeggio · C♯m7♭5 drop 2 · C♯m7♭5 drop 3 · C♯m7♭5 drop 2 and 4

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