Guitar scales · Blues
C blues scale on guitar
The C The minor pentatonic with one extra note, the ♭5 (also written ♯4), that gives the blues its bite. has six notes: C, E♭, F, G♭, G and B♭. As degrees: 1, ♭3, 4, ♭5, 5 and ♭7.
Notes and pattern
The C blues scale
Minor A five-note scale. The minor pentatonic is the most used scale in rock and blues guitar solos. plus the 'blue note' between the 4th and 5th, written ♭5 or ♯4. Play it to hear it up and down.
From note to note it climbs 3, 2, 1, 1, 3 and 2 The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step.. The two The smallest distance in Western music: one fret on the guitar, such as E to F or F to F♯. around the blue note are its bluesy rub.
The C The minor pentatonic with one extra note, the ♭5 (also written ♯4), that gives the blues its bite. is C minor A five-note scale. The minor pentatonic is the most used scale in rock and blues guitar solos. with one extra note, G♭, the blue note between the 4th and 5th. See that scale.
- C1
- E♭♭3
- F4
- G♭♭5
- G5
- B♭♭7
- C, the root
- Other scale notes
Chords
What to play C blues over
Play it over a 12-bar blues in C (C7, F7 and G7), or over rock and funk riffs in C minor.
Same root
Other scales on C
Change a note or two and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. takes on a new mood.
Questions
C blues, in short
- What notes are in the C blues scale?
- The C The minor pentatonic with one extra note, the ♭5 (also written ♯4), that gives the blues its bite. has six notes: C, E♭, F, G♭, G and B♭. As degrees: 1, ♭3, 4, ♭5, 5 and ♭7.
- What chords go with the C blues scale?
- Play it over a 12-bar blues in C (C7, F7 and G7), or over rock and funk riffs in C minor.