The Minor Blues scale box 1 pattern is easy to add to your blues scale vocabulary by simply adding the flat 5 to the pentatonic box 1 pattern. This is one of the best scales for blues soloing. I demonstrate this using simple octave shapes to add the flat 5 interval into your much loved minor pentatonic box. The minor blues scale pattern is simple to learn and can help you on your journey to play blues on guitar. if you already know box 1 minor pentatonic pattern (Arguably the first scale to learn on guitar). This is essentially the second lesson on how to play the blues on guitar for beginners, so get stuck in. It’s only going take a few minutes!