About the C Minor Blues scale
C Minor Blues is used for blues, rock and soul solos. Think of it as the minor pentatonic with one extra blue note, the classic blues sound. It is C Blues Diminished with the third raised.
Its notes are C, E♭, F, G♭, G, and B♭. The formula is 1½ W H H 1½ W.
Also called Blues Scale and Blues Hexatonic.
One open-string note belongs to C Minor Blues, namely G. Down at the 3rd fret of the A string lies the lowest C a guitar can play.
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 | CC | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | EbE♭ | Minor 3rd |
| 3 | FF | Perfect 4th |
| 4 | GbG♭ | Diminished 5th |
| 5 | GG | Perfect 5th |
| 6 | BbB♭ | Minor 7th |
| Steps | 1½ W H H 1½ W |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 3-2-1-1-3-2 |
| Degrees | 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Minor Blues in other keys
D flat Minor Blues scaleD Minor Blues scaleE flat Minor Blues scaleE Minor Blues scaleF Minor Blues scaleG flat Minor Blues scaleG Minor Blues scaleA flat Minor Blues scaleA Minor Blues scaleB flat Minor Blues scaleB Minor Blues scale
Modes
The same notes, starting on a different note.
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