A Minor Blues Scale — Piano
A Minor Blues on piano: notes A, C, D, Eb, E, G — free scale chart, no sign-up. Minor pentatonic plus a b5 "blue note" passing tone between the 4th and 5th — the sound of blues, blues-rock, and jazz-blues phrasing.
Piano, C3 to C5. Notes in this scale, low to high: C3 (flat 3), D3 (4), Eb3 (flat 5), E3 (5), G3 (flat 7), A3 (root), C4 (flat 3), D4 (4), Eb4 (flat 5), E4 (5), G4 (flat 7), A4 (root), C5 (flat 3).
Notes in the A minor blues scale
The A minor blues scale contains 6 notes: A, C, D, Eb, E, G. Its scale degrees are R · b3 · 4 · b5 · 5 · b7.
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| R | A |
| b3 | C |
| 4 | D |
| b5 | Eb |
| 5 | E |
| b7 | G |
A minor blues on piano
Open this scale in ScaleSpace to see every one of those notes mapped across the keyboard, with the roots marked and each note labelled by name or scale degree. You can hear any note, overlay a second scale to see which notes the two share, and export a printable PDF.