Scale · Pentatonics

F 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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Notes

  1. F1
  2. G#b3
  3. A#4
  4. Bb5
  5. C5
  6. D#b7

Also written as F · Ab · Bb · B · C · Eb.

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

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