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Fig. 1 · F major blues on the keyboard

piano scale

F major blues

F1G2A♭♭3A3C5D6

Major pentatonic with a flattened third added next to the third — the two live side by side rather than replacing each other.

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Written out

Fig. 2 · F major blues, ascending

Every accidental is written in, rather than left to a key signature, so the letters can be read one at a time.

The step pattern

FWGHA♭HAW+HCWDW+HF

What is true of it

F major blues is F, G, A♭, A, C and D, and back to F.

Its steps are W – H – H – W+H – W – W+H, where W is a whole step and H a half.

Chords made only of these notes

DmminorDdimdiminishedDm7minor seventhDm7♭5half-diminished seventhFmajorFmminor

Found by testing every chord in the catalogue against these 6 sounds, not chosen.

Other scales on F

F major pentatonicpentatonicF minor pentatonicpentatonicF bluespentatonicF majormajorF natural minorminorF harmonic minorminor

C maj bluesC♯ maj bluesD♭ maj bluesD maj bluesD♯ maj bluesE♭ maj bluesE maj bluesF♯ maj bluesall 374