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Blues vs Pentatonic Minor

Blues adds one note — the ♭5 'blue note' — to minor pentatonic. The six-note set unlocks slide-guitar and bent-string vocabulary.

Blues
R
♭2
2
♭3
3
4
♭5
5
♭6
6
♭7
7
Hear on piano →Hear on guitar →
Pentatonic Minor
R
♭2
2
♭3
3
4
♭5
5
♭6
6
♭7
7
Hear on piano →Hear on guitar →
What's different
Only in Blues
♭5
In both
R♭345♭7
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