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
G blues scale
The G blues scale has 6 notes: G, B♭, C, D♭, D, F. Hear it, see it on the keyboard and find the chords that belong to it.
G1
B♭♭3
C4
D♭♭5
D5
F♭7
Steps: 1½ W H H 1½ W