B blues scale

B blues

  • BR
  • D♭3
  • E4
  • F♭5
  • F♯5
  • A♭7

Positions

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Solo over a 12 bar blues in B →Memorize this scale →

How it is built

  • The minor pentatonic plus one note: F, the flat fifth. Six notes.
  • F is the blue note. It is a passing tone, not a resting place: slide through it between E and F♯.
  • Works over every chord of a 12-bar blues in B, major or minor.

Chords that fit B blues

Other B scales