F Blues Scale on Piano
F Blues: F A♭ B♭ B C E♭. See every note on the piano keyboard, the scale formula and the chords that fit.
Notes
- Notes: F A♭ B♭ B C E♭
- Formula: 1 ♭3 4 ♯4 5 ♭7
- Steps (W whole, H half, 1½ step and a half): 1½ W H H 1½ W
Finding it on the keys
- F is the white key just left of the three black keys
- White keys: F B C
- Black keys: A♭ B♭ E♭
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 F Minor)
- i: Fm
- ii°: G°
- ♭III: A♭
- iv: B♭m
- v: Cm
- ♭VI: D♭
- ♭VII: E♭