G blues scale

G blues

  • GR
  • B♭♭3
  • C4
  • D♭♭5
  • D5
  • F♭7

Positions

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

How it is built

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

Chords that fit G blues

Other G scales