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
F blues scale
The F blues scale has 6 notes: F, A♭, B♭, C♭, C, E♭. Hear it, see it on the keyboard and find the chords that belong to it.
F1
A♭♭3
B♭4
C♭♭5
C5
E♭♭7
Steps: 1½ W H H 1½ W