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G Composite Blues scale

About the G Composite Blues scale

G 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 G, A, B, B, C, D, D, E, and F. The formula is W H H H H H W H W.

Also called Nine-Note Blues and Blues Enneatonic.

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Two of the notes in G Composite Blues are black keys, B and D.

Notes and intervals

1GGRoot
2AAMajor 2nd
3BbB♭Minor 3rd
4BBMajor 3rd
5CCPerfect 4th
6DbD♭Diminished 5th
7DDPerfect 5th
8EEMajor 6th
9FFMinor 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

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G Composite Blues scale on piano shown as colored note dots
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