Guitar UpscaleBlues Scale on guitar
The blues scale is the minor pentatonic plus the flat fifth, the blue note behind blues and rock guitar.
| Notes in A | A C D Eb E G |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7 |
| Steps | W+H W H H W+H W (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 6 |
| Style in the app | Blues, scale "Blues 1" |
Play the A Blues Scale on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Blues Scale
The notes are root, flat 3rd, 4th, flat 5th, 5th and flat 7th. The flat 5th is the blue note.
Play the flat 5th as a passing note between the 4th and the 5th, or bend the 4th up to it.
It fits over all three chords of a 12 bar blues. In A that is A7, D7 and E7.
Intervals from the root
| Degree | Interval | Semitones | In A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | 0 | A |
| b3 | Minor 3rd | 3 | C |
| 4 | Perfect 4th | 5 | D |
| b5 | Tritone | 6 | Eb |
| 5 | Perfect 5th | 7 | E |
| b7 | Minor 7th | 10 | G |
Same notes, another starting note
Start the A Blues Scale on another of its notes and you get these scales:
- From degree b3 (C): C Major Blues Scale
Blues Scale in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C Eb F Gb G Bb | Open |
| C# | C# E F# G G# B | Open |
| D | D F G Ab A C | Open |
| Eb | Eb Gb Ab A Bb Db | Open |
| E | E G A Bb B D | Open |
| F | F Ab Bb Cb C Eb | Open |
| F# | F# A B C C# E | Open |
| G | G Bb C Db D F | Open |
| G# | G# B C# D D# F# | Open |
| A | A C D Eb E G | Open |
| Bb | Bb Db Eb Fb F Ab | Open |
| B | B D E F F# A | Open |