SCALE REFERENCE

A♯ Blues

A♯ – C♯ – D♯ – E – E♯ – G♯1 b3 4 b5 5 b7

Also written B♭ Blues — the same pitches spelled the other way.

Minor pentatonic plus the 'blue note' — the flat 5th passing between the 4th and 5th. The core vocabulary of blues and rock lead playing.

Notes & degrees
A♯1C♯b3D♯4Eb5E♯5G♯b7
NotesA#, C#, D#, E, E#, G#
Steps3 – 2 – 1 – 1 – 3 – 2 (semitones)
Also calledMinor Blues, Hexatonic Blues
Piano
EE♯A♯C♯D♯G♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEE♯G♯A♯C♯D♯EBC♯D♯EE♯G♯A♯GG♯A♯C♯D♯EE♯DD♯EE♯G♯A♯C♯AA♯C♯D♯EE♯G♯EEE♯G♯A♯C♯D♯E

Root notes are red. The full map of the scale on the guitar neck; the common box patterns are groups of these notes.

357912AA♯C♯D♯EE♯G♯EEE♯G♯A♯C♯D♯ECC♯D♯EE♯G♯A♯GG♯A♯C♯D♯EE♯

The same scale on a ukulele in standard G–C–E–A tuning.

Other scales on A♯

Core scales & modes

A♯ MajorA♯ Natural MinorA♯ Harmonic MinorA♯ Melodic MinorA♯ DorianA♯ PhrygianA♯ LydianA♯ MixolydianA♯ Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

A♯ Major PentatonicA♯ Minor PentatonicA♯ Major Blues

Jazz & altered

A♯ Harmonic MajorA♯ Phrygian DominantA♯ Lydian DominantA♯ AlteredA♯ Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

A♯ Whole ToneA♯ Diminished (Whole–Half)A♯ Diminished (Half–Whole)A♯ Augmented Scale

World & exotic

A♯ Hungarian MinorA♯ Double Harmonic MajorA♯ Neapolitan Minor
Blues on another root
CC♯DD♯EFF♯GG♯AB♭A♯B
Keep exploring

See the diatonic chords with audio in the Scale & Chord Finder, find where a key sits among the others on the Circle of Fifths, or start the free Cloud Atelier music guides.