F-flat blues scale

The Solution below shows the Fb 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
KeyCC#DbDD#EbEE#[Fb]FF#GbGG#AbAA#BbBB#Cb

Solution

1. F-flat blues scale

This step shows the F-flat 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 F-flat blues scale has 2 flats.

F-flat blues scale note names
Note no.Note name
1The 1st note of the F-flat blues scale is Fb
2The 2nd note of the F-flat blues scale is G
3The 3rd note of the F-flat blues scale is A
4The 4th note of the F-flat blues scale is Bb
5The 5th note of the F-flat blues scale is B
6The 6th note of the F-flat blues scale is D
7The 7th note of the F-flat blues scale is Fb