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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F# blues scale on the Guitar neck48 positions across 15 frets, E A D G B E tuning.EF#ABCC#EF#ABCC#EF#ABCEF#ABCC#EABCC#EF#ABCC#EF#ABCC#EF#ABCC#EF#123456789101112131415EADGBE

Notes

  1. F#1
  2. Ab3
  3. B4
  4. Cb5
  5. C#5
  6. Eb7

Also written as Gb · A · B · C · Db · E.

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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