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B♭ Composite Blues scale
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About the B flat Composite Blues scale

B flat Composite Blues is used for blues, rock and jazz-blues improvisation. Think of it as the full blues scale, major and minor thirds and the blue note all together.

Its notes are B♭, C, D♭, D, E♭, F♭, F, G, and A♭. The formula is W H H H H H W H W.

Also called Nine-Note Blues and Blues Enneatonic.

Learn more about the B♭ Composite Blues scale

The black keys B♭, D♭, E♭, and A♭ belong to B♭ Composite Blues.

Notes and intervals

1BbB♭Root
2CCMajor 2nd
3DbD♭Minor 3rd
4DDMajor 3rd
5EbE♭Perfect 4th
6FbF♭Diminished 5th
7FFPerfect 5th
8GGMajor 6th
9AbA♭Minor 7th
StepsW H H H H H W H W
Semitones2-1-1-1-1-1-2-1-2
Degrees1 2 ♭3 3 4 ♭5 5 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

Composite Blues in other keys

C Composite Blues scaleD flat Composite Blues scaleD Composite Blues scaleE flat Composite Blues scaleE Composite Blues scaleF Composite Blues scaleG flat Composite Blues scaleG Composite Blues scaleA flat Composite Blues scaleA Composite Blues scaleB Composite Blues scale

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Bb Composite Blues scale on piano shown as colored note dots
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