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
F♯ blues scale
The F♯ blues scale has 6 notes: F♯, A, B, C, C♯, E. Its enharmonic twin is G♭ blues. Hear it, see it on the keyboard and find the chords that belong to it.
F♯1
A♭3
B4
C♭5
C♯5
E♭7
Steps: 1½ W H H 1½ W