More fingering patterns and “box” playing

You can play your first Blues licks with this scale. You can play every time every note of the scale that is the advantage. Some will sound better, some not so good but there is no “wrong” note. You can also play pentatonic scales to rock pop and even jazz not only blues music.

For the pentatonic Blues scale, this isn’t the only position. There are different fingering patterns, so you can play it all over the fretboard. But for the beginning it’s better to start with only one and add sometimes a note from another fingering pattern.

Depending on the key and personal influences like finger size or strength most players use boxes, a special parts of these patterns. Within this box you have all the notes from an octave in a comfortable arrangement. You can put all your emotions to the string; spend your time searching for that specific position.