Scales

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B MINOR BLUES

B – D – E – F – F♯ – A – B

B
2
D
1 + 3 · Alternate (written D5)
E
1 + 2 · Alternate (written E5)
F♭5 · Blue note
1
F♯
2
A
1 + 2
B
2
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Where you are with it

Use this over

Bm · Bm7 · B minor blues · B blues-based jazz

The minor blues scale combines minor pentatonic vocabulary with the ♭5 blue note.

Concert key

Written B on B♭ trumpet sounds concert A.

Know the scale?

Learn hard-bop blues licks that use B blues.

  • Loft Party VampBm7 (vamp) · ♩ = 116
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