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Fig. 1 · E blues · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

E blues

E1G♭3A4B♭♭5B5D♭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 · E 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

EW+HGWAHB♭HBW+HDWE

What is true of it

E blues is E, G, A, B♭, B and D, and back to E.

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 27 places, which is what makes a scale a shape rather than a list.

Chords made only of these notes

EmminorEdimdiminishedEm7minor seventhEm7♭5half-diminished seventhGmajorGmminor

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

Other scales on E

E major pentatonicpentatonicE minor pentatonicpentatonicE major bluespentatonicE majormajorE natural minorminorE harmonic minorminor

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