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Step 1
Place your left-hand index finger on the first fret of the sixth string. Play the note with a pick or your right-hand fingers.
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Step 2
Place your left-hand ring finger on the third fret of the sixth string. Pluck the note with your right hand. This is the root of the scale, which is a G in this example.
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Step 3
Place your left-hand index finger on the first fret of the fifth string. Pluck the note with your right hand.
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Step 4
Place your left-hand ring finger on the third fret of the fifth string. Pluck the note with your right hand.
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Step 5
Place your left-hand pinky finger on the fourth fret of the fifth string. Pluck the note with your right hand.
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Step 6
Play the open fourth string with your right hand.
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Step 7
Place your left-hand ring finger on the third fret of the fourth string. Pluck the note with your right hand.
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Step 8
Play the open third string with your right hand.
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Step 9
Place your left-hand ring finger on the third fret of the third string. Pluck the note with your right hand.
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Step 10
Place your left-hand index finger on the first fret of the second string. Pluck the note with your right hand.
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Step 11
Place your left-hand middle finger on the second fret of the second string. Pluck the note with your right hand.
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Step 12
Place your left-hand ring finger on the third fret of the second string. Pluck the note with your right hand.
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Step 13
Place your left-hand index finger on the first fret of the first string. Pluck the note with your right hand.
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Step 14
Place your left-hand ring finger on the third fret of the first string. Pluck the note with your right hand.
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Step 15
Play all fourteen notes in a row to produce a G minor blues scale V.
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Step 16
Practice playing the minor blues scale V in different keys along the sixth string. The second note of the scale is the root, which indicates the key. For example, if you started this scale on the fifth fret, the root would fall on the seventh fret and therefore it would be a B-minor blues scale V.
