Guitar UpscaleBlues Scale with a Major Seventh on guitar
This blues scale adds the major seventh to the classic blues scale, a chromatic step back to the root.
| Notes in A | A B# D D# E G G# |
|---|---|
| Formula | 1 #2 #3 #4 5 #6 7 |
| Steps | W+H W H H W+H H H (W whole step, H half step) |
| Note count | 7 |
| Style in the app | Blues, scale "Blues 2" |
Play the A Blues Scale with a Major Seventh on the fretboard in Guitar Upscale
About the Blues Scale with a Major Seventh
The notes are root, flat 3rd, 4th, flat 5th, 5th, flat 7th and 7th.
The major 7th gives a half step lead into the root. Jazz blues players use it in runs that end on the root.
Use the major 7th only as a passing note. On a held note it clashes with the chord's flat 7th.
Intervals from the root
| Degree | Interval | Semitones | In A |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Root | 0 | A |
| #2 | Minor 3rd | 3 | B# |
| #3 | Perfect 4th | 5 | D |
| #4 | Tritone | 6 | D# |
| 5 | Perfect 5th | 7 | E |
| #6 | Minor 7th | 10 | G |
| 7 | Major 7th | 11 | G# |
Chords in the A Blues Scale with a Major Seventh
Stack every other note of the scale and you get one chord on each note. These chords sound at home with the scale, so they make good progressions.
| Degree | Triad | Seventh chord |
|---|---|---|
| I | Asus4 | none |
| #ii | Cm | Cm6 |
| #III | none | none |
| #IV | D#(b5) | D#maj7b5 |
| V+ | Eaug | Emaj7#5 |
| #VI | Gsus2 | none |
| VII | Ab | Abmaj7 |
Blues Scale with a Major Seventh in every key
| Key | Notes | Play it |
|---|---|---|
| C | C D# E# F# G A# B | Open |
| C# | C# E F# G G# B B# | Open |
| D | D E# G G# A B# C# | Open |
| Eb | Eb F# G# A Bb C# D | Open |
| E | E G A A# B D D# | Open |
| F | F G# A# B C D# E | Open |
| F# | F# A B B# C# E E# | Open |
| G | G A# B# C# D E# F# | Open |
| G# | G# B C# D D# F# G | Open |
| A | A B# D D# E G G# | Open |
| Bb | Bb C# D# E F G# A | Open |
| B | B D E E# F# A A# | Open |