Scale · Pentatonics

B blues

The minor pentatonic with the blue note (b5) in the middle. It is the note that makes a solo sound dirty in the right way.

Notes going up, in the Guitar sound.

Instrument

Tuning

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B blues scale on the Guitar neck50 positions across 15 frets, E A D G B E tuning.EFF#ABDEFF#ABDEFF#ABDEFF#ABDEFABDEFF#ABDEFF#ABDEFF#ABDEFF#123456789101112131415EADGBE

Notes

  1. B1
  2. Db3
  3. E4
  4. Fb5
  5. F#5
  6. Ab7

Also written as B · D · E · F · Gb · A.

Formula

A 6-note scale — the distances are in the degrees.

Degrees

1 · b3 · 4 · b5 · 5 · b7

Chords in the scale

Triads that fit entirely inside B blues. The roman numeral is the degree: uppercase is major, lowercase is minor, ° is diminished.

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