About the blues scale
The blues scale adds the flattened 5th, the “blue note”, to the minor pentatonic. Used as a passing tone, it gives blues, rock and jazz lines their typical bite.
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Scale
C blues scale
The C blues scale has 6 notes: C, E♭, F, G♭, G, B♭. Hear it, see it on the keyboard and find the chords that belong to it.
C1
E♭♭3
F4
G♭♭5
G5
B♭♭7
Steps: 1½ W H H 1½ W