B Blues Scale on Piano
B Blues: B D E F F♯ A. See every note on the piano keyboard, the scale formula and the chords that fit.
Notes
- Notes: B D E F F♯ A
- Formula: 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7
- Steps (W whole, H half, 1½ step and a half): 1½ W H H 1½ W
Finding it on the keys
- B is the white key just right of the three black keys
- White keys: B D E F A
- Black keys: F♯
About the Blues scale
- Minor pentatonic plus one extra note between the 4th and 5th: the blue note.
- Blues, rock and jazz solos. Slide through the blue note rather than resting on it.
Chords that fit (from B Minor)
- i: Bm
- ii°: C♯°
- ♭III: D
- iv: Em
- v: F♯m
- ♭VI: G
- ♭VII: A