On the guitar neck
Every note up to the 15th fret; the root (C♯) is coloured. It sits on fret 9 of the low E string and fret 4 of the A string, the two usual starting points.
C♯ blues is spelled C♯, E, F♯, G, G♯ and B, and its blue note is G natural. That means the open G string plays the blue note, and the open low E, B and high E strings fit too. Box 1 starts at the 9th fret, and the same six notes also form the E major blues scale.
The C sharp blues scale has six notes: C♯ – E – F♯ – G – G♯ – B. It is the C sharp minor pentatonic plus one note, G: the blue note, between F♯ and G♯, which gives it the blues sound.
Tip: Over C♯7, F♯7 and G♯7, hammer on from the open G string to its 1st fret, G♯, for a quick blue-note slur.
Every note up to the 15th fret; the root (C♯) is coloured. It sits on fret 9 of the low E string and fret 4 of the A string, the two usual starting points.
| Note | Interval |
|---|---|
| C♯ | Root |
| E | Minor third |
| F♯ | Perfect fourth |
| G | Diminished fifth |
| G♯ | Perfect fifth |
| B | Minor seventh |
Over a blues in C♯ (with C♯7) and over the chords of C sharp minor.