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G♯ Minor Blues scale

About the G sharp Minor Blues scale

G sharp 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 G Blues Diminished with the third raised.

Its notes are G, B, C, D, D, and F. The formula is 1½ W H H 1½ W.

Also called Blues Scale and Blues Hexatonic.

Learn more about the G♯ Minor Blues scale

Four of the notes in G Minor Blues are black keys, G, C, D, and F.

Notes and intervals

1G#G♯Root
2BBMinor 3rd
3C#C♯Perfect 4th
4DDDiminished 5th
5D#D♯Perfect 5th
6F#F♯Minor 7th
Steps1½ W H H 1½ W
Semitones3-2-1-1-3-2
Degrees1 3 4 5 5 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

Minor Blues in other keys

Modes

The same notes, starting on a different note.

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Ab Minor Blues scale on piano shown as colored note dots
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