F blues scale

F blues

  • FR
  • A♭♭3
  • B♭4
  • C♭♭5
  • C5
  • E♭♭7

Positions

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How it is built

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

Chords that fit F blues

Other F scales