Bb Dominant Blues Scale
4-string bass · 6 notes · 6 notes · major family
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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