E Dominant Blues Scale

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Notes

E
F♯
G♯
A♯
B
C♯♯

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

Interval Structure

E T F♯ T G♯ T A♯ ½T B T+½T C♯♯ E+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