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B♭ blues scale on guitar

B♭ blues has 6 notes: B♭, D♭, E♭, F♭, F, A♭. Also called minor blues.

B♭ blues: notes, degrees and the semitones to the next note
NoteB♭D♭E♭F♭FA♭
Degree1♭34♭55♭7
Step321132

B♭ blues on the whole neck

Every B♭ blues note from the open strings to fret 15, in standard E tuning (E A D G B E), by name; by degree under "Show more".

B♭ blues scale, note names, frets 0 to 15Fb2F2Ab2Bb2Db3Eb3Fb3F3Bb2Db3Eb3Fb3F3Ab3Bb3Eb3Fb3F3Ab3Bb3Db4Eb4Fb4F4Ab3Bb3Db4Eb4Fb4F4Ab4Bb4Db4Eb4Fb4F4Ab4Bb4Db5Fb4F4Ab4Bb4Db5Eb5Fb5F56E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
  • B♭ blues
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B♭ blues scale, degrees, frets 0 to 15b55b71b34b551b34b55b714b55b71b34b55b71b34b55b71b34b55b71b3b55b71b34b556E25A24D33G32B31E40123456789101112131415
  • B♭ blues
Degrees

B♭ blues in 5 positions

The neck split into the hand positions Practice Lab practices, one for each place a B♭ falls on a string, with the notes its scale run fingers there.

B♭ blues, position 1, frets 1 to 55b71b34b55b71b34b55b76E25A24D33G32B31E4012345
    Position 1: frets 1–5, 14 notes
    B♭ blues, position 2, frets 3 to 7b71b34b55b71b34b55b716E25A24D33G32B31E434567
      Position 2: frets 3–7, 14 notes
      B♭ blues, position 3, frets 6 to 91b34b55b71b34b55b71b36E25A24D33G32B31E4678910
        Position 3: frets 6–9, 14 notes
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        B♭ blues, position 4, frets 8 to 12b34b55b71b34b55b71b34b56E25A24D33G32B31E489101112
          Position 4: frets 8–12, 15 notes
          B♭ blues, position 5, frets 11 to 154b55b71b34b5b71b34b556E25A24D33G32B31E41112131415
            Position 5: frets 11–15, 14 notes

            Triads in B♭ blues

            DegreeChordPages
            1B♭mB♭ minor arpeggio
            1B♭dimB♭ diminished arpeggio
            ♭3D♭D♭ major arpeggio
            ♭3D♭mC♯ minor arpeggio

            Seventh chords in B♭ blues

            DegreeChordPages
            1B♭m7B♭m7 arpeggio · B♭m7 drop 2 · B♭m7 drop 3 · B♭m7 drop 2 and 4
            1B♭m7♭5B♭m7♭5 arpeggio · B♭m7♭5 drop 2 · B♭m7♭5 drop 3 · B♭m7♭5 drop 2 and 4

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