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
G♯ blues scale
The G♯ blues scale has 6 notes: G♯, B, C♯, D, D♯, F♯. Its enharmonic twin is A♭ blues. Hear it, see it on the keyboard and find the chords that belong to it.
G♯1
B♭3
C♯4
D♭5
D♯5
F♯♭7
Steps: 1½ W H H 1½ W