C Blues Scale (Right Hand)

Minor pentatonic plus the flattened fifth: the blue note.

Level:
4 of 6
Hands:
Right hand
Key:
C blues
Notes:
13
Range:
C4 to C5
One run:
about 11 seconds at 80 bpm

The notes, in order

13 notes, one at a time.

  1. C4
  2. Eb4
  3. F4
  4. Gb4
  5. G4
  6. Bb4
  7. C5
  8. Bb4
  9. G4
  10. Gb4
  11. F4
  12. Eb4
  13. C4

How to practise it

  1. C-Eb-F-Gb-G-Bb-C: the Gb is the blue note
  2. Slide from Gb to G rather than landing squarely on each
  3. Fingering: 1-2-3-4-1-2-3

The scale behind it

This one is built on the C Blues scale: C Eb F Gb G Bb (three flats). Its right-hand fingering runs 1-2-3-4-1-2-3, and the scale page has the full diagram if you want to hear the shape on its own first.

How to play it here

Play along on the keys with your mouse, your computer keyboard, a touch screen, or a MIDI keyboard you have plugged in. Every key can show its own name, and the metronome will hold the tempo while you work through the 13 notes.

What it trains

  • scale
  • blues
  • black keys
  • improvisation

More minor scales

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