About the C sharp Composite Blues scale
C sharp 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 C♯, D♯, E, E♯, F♯, G, G♯, A♯, and B. The formula is W H H H H H W H W.
Also called Nine-Note Blues and Blues Enneatonic.
The open-string notes E, G, and B all sit inside this mode. A guitarist finds the lowest C♯ at the 4th fret of the A string. Capo the first fret to play C♯ Composite Blues with C-shape fingerings.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | C#C♯ | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | D#D♯ | Major 2nd |
| 3 | EE | Minor 3rd |
| 4 | E#E♯ | Major 3rd |
| 5 | F#F♯ | Perfect 4th |
| 6 | GG | Diminished 5th |
| 7 | G#G♯ | Perfect 5th |
| 8 | A#A♯ | Major 6th |
| 9 | BB | Minor 7th |
| Steps | W H H H H H W H W |
|---|---|
| Semitones | 2-1-1-1-1-1-2-1-2 |
| Degrees | 1 2 ♭3 3 4 ♭5 5 6 ♭7 |
Shapes
Chromatic
Circle of Fifths
Related scales
Composite Blues in other keys
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