Bb 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.

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Same scale in other keys