B Minor Blues Scale
4-string bass · 6 notes · 6 notes · minor family
Notes
B
D
E
F
F♯
A
Solfège : Si – Ré – Mi – Fa – Fa♯ – La
Interval Structure
B
T+½T
D
T
E
½T
F
½T
F♯
T+½T
A
→
B+oct.
T
About this scale
The minor blues scale adds the 'blue note' (b5, the tritone) to the minor pentatonic. This dissonant note creates the 'dirty', expressive character of the blues. For bass, the b5 passing between the 4th and perfect 5th is a defining stylistic signature.
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