Guitar scales · Blues
B blues scale on guitar
The B The minor pentatonic with one extra note, the ♭5 (also written ♯4), that gives the blues its bite. has six notes: B, D, E, F, F♯ and A. As degrees: 1, ♭3, 4, ♭5, 5 and ♭7.
Notes and pattern
The B blues scale
Minor A five-note scale. The minor pentatonic is the most used scale in rock and blues guitar solos. plus the 'blue note' between the 4th and 5th, written ♭5 or ♯4. Play it to hear it up and down.
From note to note it climbs 3, 2, 1, 1, 3 and 2 The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step.. The two The smallest distance in Western music: one fret on the guitar, such as E to F or F to F♯. around the blue note are its bluesy rub.
The B The minor pentatonic with one extra note, the ♭5 (also written ♯4), that gives the blues its bite. is B minor A five-note scale. The minor pentatonic is the most used scale in rock and blues guitar solos. with one extra note, F, the blue note between the 4th and 5th. See that scale.
- B1
- D♭3
- E4
- F♭5
- F♯5
- A♭7
- B, the root
- Other scale notes
Chords
What to play B blues over
Play it over a 12-bar blues in B (B7, E7 and F♯7), or over rock and funk riffs in B minor.
Same root
Other scales on B
Change a note or two and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. takes on a new mood.
Questions
B blues, in short
- What notes are in the B blues scale?
- The B The minor pentatonic with one extra note, the ♭5 (also written ♯4), that gives the blues its bite. has six notes: B, D, E, F, F♯ and A. As degrees: 1, ♭3, 4, ♭5, 5 and ♭7.
- What chords go with the B blues scale?
- Play it over a 12-bar blues in B (B7, E7 and F♯7), or over rock and funk riffs in B minor.