About the A Blues Diminished scale
A Blues Diminished is used for blues and jazz-blues solos. Think of it as a six-note blues scale with a diminished twist. It is A Minor Blues with the fourth lowered.
Its notes are A, C, C♯, E♭, E, and G. The formula is 1½ H W H 1½ W.
E, A, and G are open guitar strings that sit inside A Blues Diminished, ready to drone under a riff. On guitar, the deepest A rings from the open A string.
Positions
Playable shapes for this scale up the neck. Tap any note to hear it.
6-position system
6 four-fret boxes, one per scale degree, each a single hand position with almost no shifting. The jazz and classical way, from William Leavitt's Berklee method.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | AA | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | CC | Minor 3rd |
| 3 | C#C♯ | Major 3rd |
| 4 | EbE♭ | Diminished 5th |
| 5 | EE | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | GG | Minor 7th |
| Steps | 1½ H W H 1½ W |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 3-1-2-1-3-2 |
| Degrees | 1 ♭3 3 ♭5 5 ♭7 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Blues Diminished in other keys
C Blues Diminished scaleD flat Blues Diminished scaleD Blues Diminished scaleE flat Blues Diminished scaleE Blues Diminished scaleF Blues Diminished scaleG flat Blues Diminished scaleG Blues Diminished scaleA flat Blues Diminished scaleB flat Blues Diminished scaleB Blues Diminished scale
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
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