SCALE REFERENCE

E Major Blues

E – F♯ – G – G♯ – B – C♯1 2 b3 3 5 6

Major pentatonic with a chromatic passing note between the 2nd and 3rd — the bright, country-and-western side of blues phrasing.

Notes & degrees
E1F♯2Gb3G♯3B5C♯6
NotesE, F#, G, G#, B, C#
Steps2 – 1 – 1 – 3 – 2 – 3 (semitones)
Piano
EGBF♯G♯C♯
Guitar & ukulele — every position (frets 0–12)
357912eEF♯GG♯BC♯EBBC♯EF♯GG♯BGGG♯BC♯EF♯GDEF♯GG♯BC♯ABC♯EF♯GG♯EEF♯GG♯BC♯E

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

357912ABC♯EF♯GG♯EEF♯GG♯BC♯ECC♯EF♯GG♯BGGG♯BC♯EF♯G

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

Other scales on E

Core scales & modes

E MajorE Natural MinorE Harmonic MinorE Melodic MinorE DorianE PhrygianE LydianE MixolydianE Locrian

Pentatonic & blues

E Major PentatonicE Minor PentatonicE Blues

Jazz & altered

E Harmonic MajorE Phrygian DominantE Lydian DominantE AlteredE Bebop Dominant

Symmetric

E Whole ToneE Diminished (Whole–Half)E Diminished (Half–Whole)E Augmented Scale

World & exotic

E Hungarian MinorE Double Harmonic MajorE Neapolitan Minor
Major Blues on another root
CC♯D♭DE♭EFF♯GA♭G♯AB♭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.