F♯ Blues Scale on Piano
F♯ Blues: F♯ A B C C♯ E. See every note on the piano keyboard, the scale formula and the chords that fit.
Notes
- Notes: F♯ A B C C♯ E
- 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
- F♯ is the first of the three black keys
- White keys: A B C E
- Black keys: F♯ C♯
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: F♯m
- ii°: G♯°
- ♭III: A
- iv: Bm
- v: C♯m
- ♭VI: D
- ♭VII: E