C Blues Scale on Piano
C Blues: C E♭ F G♭ G B♭. See every note on the piano keyboard, the scale formula and the chords that fit.
Notes
- Notes: C E♭ F G♭ G B♭
- 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
- C is the white key just left of the two black keys
- White keys: C F G
- Black keys: E♭ G♭ B♭
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 C Minor)
- i: Cm
- ii°: D°
- ♭III: E♭
- iv: Fm
- v: Gm
- ♭VI: A♭
- ♭VII: B♭