About the E Composite Blues scale
E 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 E, F♯, G, G♯, A, B♭, B, C♯, and D. The formula is W H H H H H W H W.
Also called Nine-Note Blues and Blues Enneatonic.
Five open-string notes belong to E Composite Blues, namely E, A, D, G, and B. A guitarist finds the lowest E on the open low E string.
Notes and intervals
| 1 | EE | Root |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | F#F♯ | Major 2nd |
| 3 | GG | Minor 3rd |
| 4 | G#G♯ | Major 3rd |
| 5 | AA | Perfect 4th |
| 6 | BbB♭ | Diminished 5th |
| 7 | BB | Perfect 5th |
| 8 | C#C♯ | Major 6th |
| 9 | DD | 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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