Scale
B blues scale
The B blues scale has 6 notes: B, D, E, F, F♯ and A.
- Notes
- B · D · E · F · F♯ · A
- 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 B and tap each note in order.
- B
- D
- E
- F
- F♯
- A
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.