F Dominant Blues Guitar Scale

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Notes

F
G
A
B
C
D♯

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

Interval Structure

F T G T A T B ½T C T+½T D♯ F+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 F Dominant Blues on guitar in the interactive app.

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Same scale in other keys