Tuning-specific scale diagram

Ab Minor Blues Scale in Open E Tuning

Ab Minor Blues Scale in Open E Tuning shows the same ab minor blues scale pitch classes across 6 strings tuned E B E G# B E. The tuning changes where the same pitch classes sit across the fretboard.

Scale notes: Ab, Cb, Db, Ebb, Eb, Gb
Formula: 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7
Semitones: 0 3 5 6 7 10
Tuning: E B E G# B E
Strings: 6
Open pitch range: E2 to E4
24-fret range: E2 to E6

Open strings and root positions

3 of the 6 open strings belong to Ab Minor Blues Scale: string 5 Cb (b3), string 3 Ab (1), and string 2 Cb (b3). Ab roots occur on open string 3.

String 5Cbb3

String 3Ab1

String 2Cbb3

First root on each string

String 6Fret 4

String 5Fret 9

String 4Fret 4

String 3Open

String 2Fret 9

String 1Fret 4

Low-string pattern

On the lowest E string, the first-octave scale pattern falls at frets 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, and 11, with the Ab root at fret 4. On the highest E string, the first Ab is at fret 4.

Fret 2Gbb7

Fret 4Ab1

Fret 7Cbb3

Fret 9Db4

Fret 10Ebbb5

Fret 11Eb5

Practice this tuning-specific layout

Play Ab Minor Blues Scale on the low E string at frets 2, 4, 7, 9, 10, and 11, saying each note name and degree aloud.
Build a phrase that lets Cb on open string 5 ring, then connect it to the nearest Ab root and two other scale tones.
Connect the Ab root positions on strings 6 through 1 at frets 4, 9, 4, 0, 9, and 4, adding the nearest scale tone between each pair of roots.