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Fig. 1 · C# major blues · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

C♯ major blues

C♯1D♯2E♭3E♯3G♯5A♯6

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

The same sounds spelled from the other side are D♭ major blues.

on guitaron piano

Written out

Fig. 2 · C# 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

C♯WD♯HEHE♯W+HG♯WA♯W+HC♯

What is true of it

C♯ major blues is C♯, D♯, E, E♯, G♯ and A♯, and back to C♯.

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

Across the first twelve frets of the ukulele its notes fall in 25 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

C♯majorC♯mminorA♯mminorA♯dimdiminishedA♯m7minor seventhA♯m7♭5half-diminished seventh

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

Other scales on C♯

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

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