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 neck48 positions across 15 frets, E A D G B E tuning.EF#GG#BC#EF#GBC#EF#GG#BEF#GG#BC#EGG#BC#EF#GG#BC#EF#GG#BC#EF#GG#BC#EF#G123456789101112131415EADGBE

Notes

  1. C#1
  2. Eb3
  3. F#4
  4. Gb5
  5. G#5
  6. Bb7

Also written as Db · E · Gb · G · Ab · B.

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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