A♭ / G♯ blues scale

A♭ / G♯ blues scale — notes and structure

The A♭ / G♯ blues scale is the minor pentatonic plus the flattened-fifth "blue note" — the essential sound of blues and rock leads.

The A♭ / G♯ blues scale consists of the notes A♭, B, D♭, D, E♭, G♭. Its interval structure is R–♭3–4–♯4–5–♭7 — the intervals from the root that give the scale its sound. This is the same scale you see in the interactive finder above, drawn on the piano keyboard with the root circled and every note labelled.

Its step pattern is whole-and-a-half · whole · half · half · whole-and-a-half · whole — the shape that makes it the blues scale in any key.

Play the 6 notes A♭, B, D♭, D, E♭, G♭ in order from the root A♭; the interactive keyboard above lights up every note of the scale.