E-sharp blues scale

The Solution below shows the E# blues scale, on the piano, treble clef and bass clef.

The Lesson steps then explain 2 different ways of constructing this blues scale.

The 1st construction, using the major scale, starts at the First Lesson - 1.

The 2nd construction, using the minor pentatonic scale, is the Final Lesson - 6.

For a quick summary of this topic, have a look at Blues scale.

Keys in the blues scale
Key	C	C#	Db	D	D#	Eb	E	[E#]	Fb	F	F#	Gb	G	G#	Ab	A	A#	Bb	B	B#	Cb

Solution

1. E-sharp blues scale

This step shows the E-sharp blues scale on the piano, treble clef and bass clef. There are 6 blues scale notes plus the octave of the tonic note - a total of 7 notes.

The E-sharp blues scale has 2 flats, 2 sharps.

E-sharp blues scale note names
Note no.	Note name
1	The 1st note of the E-sharp blues scale is E#
2	The 2nd note of the E-sharp blues scale is Ab
3	The 3rd note of the E-sharp blues scale is A#
4	The 4th note of the E-sharp blues scale is B
5	The 5th note of the E-sharp blues scale is C
6	The 6th note of the E-sharp blues scale is Eb
7	The 7th note of the E-sharp blues scale is E#