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