F♯ blues scale

F♯ blues

  • F♯R
  • A♭3
  • B4
  • C♭5
  • C♯5
  • E♭7

Positions

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Solo over a 12 bar blues in F♯ →Memorize this scale →

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