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Bb Blues Scale on guitar

The Bb Blues Scale has 6 notes: Bb Db Eb Fb F Ab. Its root Bb is also written A#.

NotesBb Db Eb Fb F Ab
Formula1 b3 4 b5 5 b7
StepsW+H W H H W+H W (W whole step, H half step)
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Bb Blues Scale on the first 15 frets in standard tuning, thin e string on top. Highlighted circles mark the root, Bb.

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About the Blues Scale

The blues scale is the minor pentatonic plus the flat fifth, the blue note behind blues and rock guitar. More about the Blues Scale.

Notes of the Bb Blues Scale

DegreeIntervalNote
1RootBb
b3Minor 3rdDb
4Perfect 4thEb
b5TritoneFb
5Perfect 5thF
b7Minor 7thAb

Same notes, another starting note

Start the Bb Blues Scale on another of its notes and you get these scales:

Blues Scale in other keys