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Dr_Rez · 04-08-2012, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by blastingas10

So position one of the Am blues scale starts at the 3rd fret on the G note, I can move that box down a whole step and that is Bm? So then the Bm pentatonic starts at the 5th fret. That seems like a far start for a scale, there's got to be a box before the 5th fret box. It just doesn't seem right that all the notes before the 5th fret would be skipped.

No the 1st postition of Am scale is at the fifth fret. Think about it, its an Am scale so the first root note has to be an A.

The one marked R is the root which is the same note as the key you are in. So if you want to play in Bm you go down to the 7th fret because that note of the low E string is a B. I think first you should learn all your notes on the low e and a string before tackling this.

The first position of the scale always starts on the note the scale is named after on the 6th string (fattest).