Scale · Pentatonics

G 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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G blues scale on the Guitar neck49 positions across 15 frets, E A D G B E tuning.FGA#CC#DFGA#CC#DFGA#CDFGA#CC#DFGA#CC#DFGA#CC#DFGA#CC#DFGA#CC#DFG123456789101112131415EADGBE

Notes

  1. G1
  2. A#b3
  3. C4
  4. C#b5
  5. D5
  6. Fb7

Also written as G · Bb · C · Db · D · F.

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

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