C# Dominant Blues Guitar Scale

6-string guitar  ·  6 notes  ·  6 notes  ·  major family

Notes

C♯
D♯
E♯
F♯♯
G♯
A♯♯

Solfège : Do♯ – Ré♯ – Mi♯ – Fa♯♯ – Sol♯ – La♯♯

Interval Structure

C♯ T D♯ T E♯ T F♯♯ ½T G♯ T+½T A♯♯ C♯+oct. T

About this scale

The dominant blues scale enriches the dominant pentatonic with the tritone. It sounds with maximum tension over V7 altered chords and tritone substitution dominants. Jazz-blues guitarists (Robben Ford, Larry Carlton) use it to create expressive tensions before the resolution.

See fretboard positions for C# Dominant Blues on guitar in the interactive app.

Explore in ScalaBass →

Same scale in other keys