Hey there, would you like to learn an acoustic blues scale that's fun,
easy and great for beginner guitar players? If so, you're in the right place. Let's do this.
Hi there I'm Tomas from Real Guitar. This is going to be a lot of fun.
I'm going to show you the scale, the blue scale in two parts. Now the second part is optional so
don't get overwhelmed but you'll find once you learn the first part it's really easy to learn
the second part because there's so much alike. Now if you are new to scales think of it like this.
Look over a stream that you want to cross. A nice, gentle flowing stream and imagine that you
see a series of rocks that you can use as stepping stones. Now there's six of these. Now all you need
to do is put your foot on each of the six stepping stones and you're cross the stream. If you miss
one of the stepping stones, your foot goes in the water. No big deal. You just lift it out and keep
on going. Now the scale that you're going to learn has six notes and if you stick to those six notes
when you're playing with the backing track that I'm gonna give you it's gonna pretty much sound
good. As a matter of fact in the next video, I'm gonna show you how to make it even sound better
with some tips and tweaks but for right now let's just go ahead and learn those six notes.
The first part of the scale looks like this --- (strumming)
so there's six notes 1 2 3 4 5 6. Now the reason I don't count that
last note is that it's actually a repeat of the first note which is a G note by the way.
It's actually one octave higher which just means it's the same note
but they have a higher pitch. Now let's go ahead and figure it together one note
at a time. Here we go. Start with the third finger on the sixth string third fret, that's
a low E string. Now over to that fifth string, the A string and we're going to press the first fret.
Now I'm going to slide up my first finger to the third fret on that same string.
You could use your third finger but you'll see why I'm using my first finger slid up in a minute.
Let's just do those three notes again. Come on. You got this. Third finger now first finger,
now first finger again up two frets. Let's go on. We're going to go up one fret
that's a dissonant note also called the blues note in this scale
and then the third finger on the next fret that's the fifth fret on that fifth string, the A string.
Let's just do that much again. Come on. Third finger, it already starting to sound like blues.
First finger slide up the first finger, second finger one fret and third finger. We're going
to go on to the sixth note that's five, first finger over to the fourth string the D string here
and we're going to finish it up with a last note being the repeat of that G.
Okay let's do that again one note at a time. Third finger, first finger up two frets,
one fret second finger, third finger over first finger and we'll end with the third finger.
Let's go back down now. You want to do this up and down. Here we go. Let's start with the G
note right there. Hit it. Good. Let's go down two frets and with the first finger over with
the third finger to the fifth string. Now we'll do the chromatic part which is just one fret
and then one more fret now slide down with the first finger and over with a third. Now
the reason I didn't use my third finger here is I didn't want to keep sliding up like that. I want
to go like that so I slip with my first finger so I'm ready for the chromatic notes or that blues
note. That's a very dissonant note and it makes you feel like you want to go on to something.
Let's do it again up and down. Here we go. Third finger, first finger slide up two frets,
second finger, third finger, over one string first finger and then with the third finger.
Okay so that's the entire first part and I encourage you to just fool around,
go up and down and get comfortable with it. You don't have to get perfect,
just get comfortable with it before going on to the second part. And by the way,
you can do it live jamming with just that first part. But for those of you who are either ready
or done this or you just practice it and you're ready to go on let's do that second part now.
So here's what the second part looks like.
You'll notice it looks almost exactly the same except when I get to that
second string. I offset it by one fret. Watch one more time before you do it.
And if it was the first part you just go over here but for this one you got to go up a fret and
then the pattern continues in the same way. Let's try the fingering starting with the third finger
on that fifth fret and that's the fourth string or D string. Go. Now over with the first finger
to the third string slide up that first finger just like you did in the part one - two frets,
one fret now again just like part one. Third finger down one fret. Now over to the second
string but you gotta move up one fret as well and then the third finger two frets up. Let's try that
going down starting from here so I'm on the second string. Here we go, that's the eighth fret. Eight
back down to six. Sixth fret first finger over. I'm gonna use that third finger again,
that's the seventh fret on the third string. Down one fret,
down one more fret first finger, slide down two frets and over with the third finger.
Let's do that one more time slowly up and down starting fifth fret fourth string. Go.
Over first finger slide up two frets, second finger, third finger
over but one fret up first finger and third finger. Now going down. Start there. Third finger,
first finger over and go back down one fret, third finger, second finger,
first finger now we slide down two frets and over with the third finger.
And again don't stress it. I really encourage you to learn that first part
and then add the second part to it. You'll find that the second part is
much easier because it's just like the first part with that slight variation.
Thanks for joining me. If you're into uplifting guitar lessons
and real guitar playing advice subscribe to my channel. In the next video, I'm going to give
you some tips that'll make it much easier to memorize this scale then I’m going to show you
how to create phrases that'll make it sound more like playing blues and how to create your first
guitar solo. It's going to be heck fun. You can find that next video right up in there.