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Fig. 1 · F blues · first 12 frets

ukulele scale

F blues

F1A♭♭3B♭4C♭♭5C5E♭♭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 · F 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

FW+HA♭WB♭HC♭HCW+HE♭WF

What is true of it

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

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

Chords made only of these notes

FmminorFdimdiminishedFm7minor seventhFm7♭5half-diminished seventhA♭majorA♭mminor

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

Other scales on F

F major pentatonicpentatonicF minor pentatonicpentatonicF major bluespentatonicF majormajorF natural minorminorF harmonic minorminor

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