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E blues scale on piano

Notes: E – G – A – B♭ – B – D

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 E scales

E major · E minor · E harmonic minor · E major pentatonic · E minor pentatonic