Scale · Pentatonics

C 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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C blues scale on the Guitar neck49 positions across 15 frets, E A D G B E tuning.FF#GA#CD#FF#GA#CD#FF#GA#CD#FF#GA#CD#FGA#CD#FF#GA#CD#FF#GA#CFF#GA#CD#FF#G123456789101112131415EADGBE

Notes

  1. C1
  2. D#b3
  3. F4
  4. F#b5
  5. G5
  6. A#b7

Also written as C · Eb · F · Gb · G · Bb.

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 C blues. The roman numeral is the degree: uppercase is major, lowercase is minor, ° is diminished.

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