C blues scale for guitar
Fretboard fingerings, formula, and notes of the C blues scale (1 b3 4 b5 5 b7) on guitar: C · D# · F · F# · G · A#.
Instrument
Scale
Root
Position
Frets15
1224
Chord
C Blues
1b34b55b7
E
B
G
D
A
E
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Legend
1
C
· Root
b3
D#
· Third
4
F
· Tension
b5
F#
· characteristic note
5
G
· Fifth
b7
A#
· Seventh
Scale sheet
C BluesFormula (degrees)
1 b3 4 b5 5 b7
Notes in key
C D# F F# G A#
Typical use
Blues; b5 as the blue note.
Blues
The blues scale adds a passing flat fifth to the minor pentatonic, the famous "blue note". That chromatic tension between the fourth and the perfect fifth is the defining sound of the blues and much of rock guitar.
Notes of the C blues scale: C · D# · F · F# · G · A#.