B blues scale
The B blues scale is the minor pentatonic with one more note, the b5 or “blue note”: B D E F F# A. That note sounds tense and expressive, and it is used as a passing note between the 4 and the 5.
- Notes
- B D E F F# A
- Formula in degrees
- 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7
- Steps
- W½-W-H-H-W½-W
W = whole step (2 half steps), H = half step (1 half step) and W½ = a whole step and a half (3 half steps).
On the fretboard
All the notes of the scale from fret 0 to 12, with the root highlighted. You can see the names or the degrees, and listen to it from the root up to the octave.
What the notes show