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F♯ blues scale on guitar (F# blues)

The F♯ has six notes: F♯, A, B, C, C♯ and E. As degrees: 1, ♭3, 4, ♭5, 5 and ♭7.

Notes and pattern

The F♯ blues scale

Minor 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 two around the blue note are its bluesy rub.

The F♯ is F♯ minor with one extra note, C, the blue note between the 4th and 5th. See that scale.

  1. F♯1
  2. A♭3
  3. B4
  4. C♭5
  5. C♯5
  6. E♭7
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  • F♯, the root
  • Other scale notes

Chords

What to play F♯ blues over

Play it over a 12-bar blues in F♯ (F♯7, B7 and C♯7), or over rock and funk riffs in F♯ minor.

Same root

Change a note or two and the same takes on a new mood.

Questions

F♯ blues, in short

What notes are in the F♯ blues scale?
The F♯ has six notes: F♯, A, B, C, C♯ and E. As degrees: 1, ♭3, 4, ♭5, 5 and ♭7.
What chords go with the F♯ blues scale?
Play it over a 12-bar blues in F♯ (F♯7, B7 and C♯7), or over rock and funk riffs in F♯ minor.
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