About the B Blues Diminished scale
B 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 B Minor Blues with the fourth lowered.
Its notes are B, D, D♯, F, F♯, and A. The formula is 1½ H W H 1½ W.
Three open-string notes belong to B Blues Diminished, namely A, D, and B. The 2nd fret of the A string is the lowest B on the neck. Placed at the second fret, a capo lets B Blues Diminished 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 | BB | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | DD | Minor 3rd |
| 3 | D#D♯ | Major 3rd |
| 4 | FF | Diminished 5th |
| 5 | F#F♯ | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | AA | 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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