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