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B♭ blues scale on piano

Notes: B♭ – D♭ – E♭ – F♭ (= E) – F – A♭

The minor pentatonic plus one note, the “blue note” (the flat fifth): six notes, enough to improvise over a blues.

How it is built

Steps between the notes (W = whole step, H = half step): W+H – W – H – H – W+H – W.

Other B♭ scales

B♭ major · B♭ minor · B♭ harmonic minor · B♭ major pentatonic · B♭ minor pentatonic