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
- C♯EF♯GG♯B
- Formula
- 1♭34♭55♭7
- Steps
- W+HWHHW+HW
Piano
One octave, ascending · numbers are finger numbers
Suggested fingering
Right handC♯2E3F♯4G1G♯2B3C♯4
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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