As Blues Scale
The As Blues scale contains 6 notes: As, H, Des, D, Es, Ges.
As Blues scale on the piano
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- Scale type
- Blues
- Number of notes
- 6
- Formel
- W+H–W–H–H–W+H–W
What is the Blues scale?
The blues scale is the minor pentatonic with one extra note, the flattened fifth, usually called the blue note. That added note is passed through rather than landed on, and it supplies the tension the style is built on.
As Blues is a scale, not a key. It has no key signature of its own — music that uses it is normally written in the key signature of its parent scale, with any extra accidentals added as they occur.
Scale degrees of As Blues
| Trin | Node | Interval | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | As | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | H | m3 | 3 |
| 3 | Des | P4 | 5 |
| 4 | D | TT | 6 |
| 5 | Es | P5 | 7 |
| 6 | Ges | m7 | 10 |
Other scales on As
Every scale type that starts on As, for comparison.
- A♭ major
- As Dorian
- As Phrygian
- As Lydian
- As Mixolydian
- As Locrian
- As Harmonic Minor
- As Melodic Minor
- As Harmonic Major
- As Hungarian Minor
- As Phrygian Dominant
- As Lydian Dominant
- As Major Pentatonic
- As Minor Pentatonic
- As Whole Tone
- As Chromatic
- As Half-Whole Diminished
- As Whole-Half Diminished
- As Bebop Dominant
- As Bebop Major
Blues in every key
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What notes are in the As Blues scale?
The As Blues scale has 6 notes: As, H, Des, D, Es, Ges.
What is the formula for the As Blues scale?
The As Blues scale follows the step pattern W+H–W–H–H–W+H–W, where H is a half step and W is a whole step.
