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G Major Blues scale

About the G Major Blues scale

G Major Blues is used for blues, country, gospel and rock and roll. Think of it as the major pentatonic with a blue note added, bright but soulful.

Its notes are G, A, B, B, D, and E. The formula is W H H 1½ W 1½. It is the second mode of E Minor Blues.

Also called Major Pentatonic Blues.

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One of the notes in G Major Blues is a black key, B.

Notes and intervals

1GGRoot
2AAMajor 2nd
3BbB♭Minor 3rd
4BBMajor 3rd
5DDPerfect 5th
6EEMajor 6th
StepsW H H 1½ W 1½
Semitones2-1-1-3-2-3
Degrees1 2 3 3 5 6

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

Major Blues in other keys

Modes

The same notes, starting on a different note.

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G Major Blues scale on piano shown as colored note dots
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