Scale
A blues scale
The A blues scale has 6 notes: A, C, D, E♭, E and G.
- Notes
- A · C · D · E♭ · E · G
- Step pattern
- W+H – W – H – H – W+H – W
W = whole step (two keys), H = half step (the very next key).
Play it yourself
Play the scale going up: start on A and tap each note in order.
- A
- C
- D
- E♭
- E
- G
The blues scale is the minor pentatonic plus one extra note: the flat 5, the "blue note" that gives blues and rock their bite. Play it over a blues and slide through that note rather than landing on it.