The Blues Scale
Now that you’ve understood how the pentatonic scale works, let’s complicate things a bit and add up one to two "blue notes" on each position: let’s create the blues scale!
Prérequis pour ce cours : Pentatonic Minor Scale,
Travailler ce cours : Aucun
Prérequis pour ce cours : Pentatonic Minor Scale,
Travailler ce cours : Aucun
To make it simple, the traditional blues scale is just a minor pentatonic scale on which a note has been added (a diminished fifth).That note will give the blues touch to the song, this is why it's called "blue note".
Blues Scale Positions
Here are the specific positions corresponding to the blues scale, with the blue note added on the pentatonic minor being highlighted in blue:
As a conclusion (and in order to help you compare scales easily) here is the diagram with all the positions on the "A" blues scale:
Commentaires
09 May 2011, par TheAthenA71436 882 Vues