Piano scale · Pentatonic & blues

C blues scale on piano

How to play the C blues scale on piano: the keys, the fingering for each hand and the notation.

Minor pentatonic plus the ♭5 “blue note” for instant grit.

Notes
CE♭FG♭GB♭
Formula
1♭34♭55♭7
Steps
W+HWHHW+HW

Piano

One octave, ascending · numbers are finger numbers

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Suggested fingering

Right handC1E♭2F3G♭4G1B♭2C3

Where the finger numbers restart, tuck your thumb under so you never run out of fingers. Coming back down, use the same fingers in reverse. Finger numbers: 1 thumb · 2 index · 3 middle · 4 ring · 5 pinky.

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C Blues scale on piano
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