About the A sharp Blues Diminished scale
A sharp 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♯, D, E, E♯, and G♯. The formula is 1½ H W H 1½ W.
Two open-string notes belong to A♯ Blues Diminished, namely E and D. The lowest A♯ on a standard-tuned guitar sits at the 1st fret of the A string. With a capo at the first fret, A♯ Blues Diminished can be played with A-shape fingerings.
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 | A#A♯ | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | C#C♯ | Minor 3rd |
| 3 | DD | Major 3rd |
| 4 | EE | Diminished 5th |
| 5 | E#E♯ | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | G#G♯ | 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
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
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