Blues Scale

The blues scale adds a flat fifth (the 'blue note') to the minor pentatonic: 1-b3-4-b5-5-b7. That one extra note — the tritone — gives the blues scale its signature tension and expressive power.

How to Use This Reference

Download our free printable staff paper from the recommended templates below and write out the blues scale yourself. Writing scales by hand reinforces the pattern in your muscle memory faster than any app.