C# Dominant Blues Scale

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Notes

C♯
D♯
E♯
F♯♯
G♯
A♯♯

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

Interval Structure

C♯ T D♯ T E♯ T F♯♯ ½T G♯ T+½T A♯♯ C♯+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 for C# Dominant Blues in the interactive app.

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Same scale in other keys