Minor Blues scale
Minor Blues inserts a flat fifth between the fourth and the fifth of the minor pentatonic, six notes instead of five.
- Used for
- Blues, rock and soul solos.
- Formula
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Steps 1½ W H H 1½ W Semitones 3-2-1-1-3-2 Degrees 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7 - Relationships
- Its rotation onto the flat third degree spells the major blues scale.
- Also called
- Blues Scale and Blues Hexatonic.
Minor Blues in all 12 keys
Pick a key to see it on the piano, or jump straight to the guitar view.
- C C Minor Blues scale piano guitar
- D flat Db Minor Blues scale piano guitar
- D D Minor Blues scale piano guitar
- E flat Eb Minor Blues scale piano guitar
- E E Minor Blues scale piano guitar
- F F Minor Blues scale piano guitar
- G flat Gb Minor Blues scale piano guitar
- G G Minor Blues scale piano guitar
- A flat Ab Minor Blues scale piano guitar
- A A Minor Blues scale piano guitar
- B flat Bb Minor Blues scale piano guitar
- B B Minor Blues scale piano guitar
