B Dominant Blues Scale

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Notes

B
C♯
D♯
E♯
F♯
G♯♯

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

Interval Structure

B T C♯ T D♯ T E♯ ½T F♯ T+½T G♯♯ B+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.

See fretboard positions, piano and arpeggios for B Dominant Blues in the interactive app.

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Same scale in other keys