C Blues scale: notes, chords & formula | harmonio

C Blues: C E♭ F G♭ G B♭. Formula 1 ♭3 4 ♭5 5 ♭7. The minor pentatonic with an added flat 5th, the blue note that gives the blues its bite.

Made of6

Notes6

Contains & part of18

Diatonic chords18

Triads

Relatives8

Type1

Blues

Progressions it is played over2

12-bar blues in C majorI7 – I7 – I7 – I7 – IV7 – IV7 – I7 – I7 – V7 – IV7 – I7 – V7
Minor blues in C minori7 – i7 – i7 – i7 – iv7 – iv7 – i7 – i7 – ♭VI7 – V7 – i7 – V7

Genres that use it5

Cadences5

In C minor, the key C Blues belongs to

Groove

Progressions6