Minor Blues Scale — All 12 Keys
Minor Blues in all 12 keys for guitar, bass, ukulele, and piano — notes, scale degrees, and free printable charts. Minor pentatonic plus a b5 "blue note" passing tone between the 4th and 5th — the sound of blues, blues-rock, and jazz-blues phrasing.
How the minor blues is built
The minor blues has 6 notes, with the scale degrees R · b3 · 4 · b5 · 5 · b7. Those degrees stay the same in every key — only the note names change — which is why the same shape moves up and down the neck.
Pick a key
Charts below are grouped by instrument. Each one lists the notes and degrees, and opens in the interactive tool where you can compare it against another scale, switch tuning, and export a printable PDF.