Bb Minor Blues Scale — Ukulele
Bb Minor Blues on ukulele: notes Bb, Db, Eb, Fb, F, Ab — 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.
Ukulele, tuned low to high: G, C, E, A. 12 frets.
- G string: fret 1 Ab (flat 7), fret 3 Bb (root), fret 6 Db (flat 3), fret 8 Eb (4), fret 9 Fb (flat 5), fret 10 F (5).
- C string: fret 1 Db (flat 3), fret 3 Eb (4), fret 4 Fb (flat 5), fret 5 F (5), fret 8 Ab (flat 7), fret 10 Bb (root).
- E string: fret 0 Fb (flat 5), fret 1 F (5), fret 4 Ab (flat 7), fret 6 Bb (root), fret 9 Db (flat 3), fret 11 Eb (4), fret 12 Fb (flat 5).
- A string: fret 1 Bb (root), fret 4 Db (flat 3), fret 6 Eb (4), fret 7 Fb (flat 5), fret 8 F (5), fret 11 Ab (flat 7).
Notes in the Bb minor blues scale
The Bb minor blues scale contains 6 notes: Bb, Db, Eb, Fb, F, Ab. Its scale degrees are R · b3 · 4 · b5 · 5 · b7.
| Degree | Note |
|---|---|
| R | Bb |
| b3 | Db |
| 4 | Eb |
| b5 | Fb |
| 5 | F |
| b7 | Ab |
Bb minor blues on ukulele
Open this scale in ScaleSpace to see every one of those notes mapped across the fretboard, 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, switch to an alternate tuning, and export a printable PDF.