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.
Use the Scale & Chord Finder to look up any other root or mode.
Scale
E blues scale
The E blues scale has 6 notes: E, G, A, B♭, B, D. Hear it, see it on the keyboard and find the chords that belong to it.
E1
G♭3
A4
B♭♭5
B5
D♭7
Steps: 1½ W H H 1½ W