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.