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Fig. 1 · C blues · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

C blues

C1E♭♭3F4G♭♭5G5B♭♭7

Minor pentatonic with one note squeezed in between the fourth and the fifth. It is written as a flattened fifth, so the fifth letter carries both of them and the fourth keeps its own.

on guitaron piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · C 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

CW+HE♭WFHG♭HGW+HB♭WC

What is true of it

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

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

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 26 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

CmminorCdimdiminishedCm7minor seventhCm7♭5half-diminished seventhE♭majorE♭mminor

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

Other scales on C

C major pentatonicpentatonicC minor pentatonicpentatonicC major bluespentatonicC majormajorC natural minorminorC harmonic minorminor

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