Des Blues Scale
The Des Blues scale contains 6 notes: Des, E, Ges, G, As, H.
Des Blues scale on the piano
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- Scale type
- Blues
- Number of notes
- 6
- Kaava
- 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.
Des 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 Des Blues
| Sävelaste | Sävel | Intervalli | Semitones |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des | P1 | 0 |
| 2 | E | m3 | 3 |
| 3 | Ges | P4 | 5 |
| 4 | G | TT | 6 |
| 5 | As | P5 | 7 |
| 6 | H | m7 | 10 |
Other scales on Des
Every scale type that starts on Des, for comparison.
- D♭ major
- Des Dorian
- Des Phrygian
- Des Lydian
- Des Mixolydian
- Des Locrian
- Des Harmonic Minor
- Des Melodic Minor
- Des Harmonic Major
- Des Hungarian Minor
- Des Phrygian Dominant
- Des Lydian Dominant
- Des Major Pentatonic
- Des Minor Pentatonic
- Des Whole Tone
- Des Chromatic
- Des Half-Whole Diminished
- Des Whole-Half Diminished
- Des Bebop Dominant
- Des Bebop Major
Blues in every key
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What notes are in the Des Blues scale?
The Des Blues scale has 6 notes: Des, E, Ges, G, As, H.
What is the formula for the Des Blues scale?
The Des 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.
