1b35236
Fig. 1 · E major blues on the keyboard

piano scale

E major blues

E1F♯2G♭3G♯3B5C♯6

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

on guitaron ukulele

Written out

Fig. 2 · E 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

EWF♯HGHG♯W+HBWC♯W+HE

What is true of it

E major blues is E, F♯, G, G♯, B and C♯, and back to E.

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

C♯mminorC♯dimdiminishedC♯m7minor seventhC♯m7♭5half-diminished seventhEmajorEmminor

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

Other scales on E

E major pentatonicpentatonicE minor pentatonicpentatonicE bluespentatonicE majormajorE natural minorminorE harmonic minorminor

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