B♭ blues scale

B♭ blues

  • B♭R
  • D♭♭3
  • E♭4
  • F♭♭5
  • F5
  • A♭♭7

Positions

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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