Gb Dominant Blues Scale

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Notes

G♭
A♭
B♭
C
D♭
E

Solfège : Sol♭ – La♭ – Si♭ – Do – Ré♭ – Mi

Interval Structure

G♭ T A♭ T B♭ T C ½T D♭ T+½T E G♭+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