E blues scale

E blues

  • ER
  • G♭3
  • A4
  • B♭♭5
  • B5
  • D♭7

Positions

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

How it is built

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

Chords that fit E blues

Other E scales