Ab Dominant Blues Scale

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Notes

A♭
B♭
C
D
E♭
F♯

Solfège : La♭ – Si♭ – Do – Ré – Mi♭ – Fa♯

Interval Structure

A♭ T B♭ T C T D ½T E♭ T+½T F♯ A♭+oct. T

About this scale

The dominant blues scale enriches the dominant pentatonic with the tritone (#4/b5). Very close to the overtone/Lydian dominant scale, it sounds with maximum tension over altered dominant chords. Indispensable for expressive jazz-blues bass lines.

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Same scale in other keys