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A♯ Blues Minor Pentatonic scale

About the A sharp Blues Minor Pentatonic scale

A sharp Blues Minor Pentatonic is used for blues and minor-key solos that want extra weight. Think of it as a dark five-note scale with a flat sixth in place of the fifth. It is A Minor Pentatonic with the fifth raised.

Its notes are A, C, D, F, and G. The formula is 1½ W 1½ W W. It is the third mode of F Major Pentatonic.

Also called Rock Pentatonic and Malkauns.

A Blues Minor Pentatonic uses five black keys on the piano, A, C, D, F, and G. The scale uses only the black keys of the piano.

Notes and intervals

1A#A♯Root
2C#C♯Minor 3rd
3D#D♯Perfect 4th
4F#F♯Minor 6th
5G#G♯Minor 7th
Steps1½ W 1½ W W
Semitones3-2-3-2-2
Degrees1 3 4 6 7

Shapes

Chromatic

CC♯D♭DD♯E♭EFF♯G♭GG♯A♭AA♯B♭B

Circle of Fifths

CGDAEBF♯G♭C♯D♭G♯A♭D♯E♭A♯B♭F

Related scales

Blues Minor Pentatonic in other keys

Modes

The same notes, starting on a different note.

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Bb Blues Minor Pentatonic scale on piano shown as colored note dots
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