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.