The Blues Scale
By adding one extra note (the flattened fifth degree) to the minor pentatonic scale, the Blues scale is created. This scale is used by all instrumentalists to create Blues melodies.
Like the minor pentatonic scale, the cross harp Blues scale can only be played on the low end of the harmonica. The G Blues scale is shown here along with a partial lower octave of the scale down as far as the 4th degree (C).
Here is a lick derived from the G Blues scale. (For more information on the Blues scale and its uses, see Progressive Beginner Blues Harmonica.)
Class Sessions
1- What Are All These Sounds?
2- The C Major Scale
3- The Triplet
4- 12 Bar Blues
5- INTRODUCTION
6- The Eighth Note
7- Sliding Between Notes
8- Sixteenth Notes
9- Hand Vibrato
10- Playing Single Notes
11- Cross Harp Sounds
12- Rests
13- Improvisation
14- Playing in Other Keys
15- Making Musical Sounds
16- More titles by LearnToPlayMusic.com
17- Notes on the C Harmonica
18- Swing Rhythms
19- The Trill
20- Trailing Off
21- The G Major Pentatonic Scale
22- Understanding Chords
23- Double Tonguing
24- Which Harmonica to Use
25- Reading the Notation System
26- Moving Between Positions
27- The Lead-in
28- The Train Whistle
29- Cross Harp Playing
30- The Tie
31- Call and Response
32- Melody and Harmony
33- Playing Songs
34- The Major Pentatonic Scale
35- How to Hold the Harmonica
36- Bending Notes
37- The Minor Pentatonic Scale
38- The Shuffle
39- Bar Lines
40- Consecutive Breaths
41- Different Types of Chords
42- The Blues Scale
43- Syncopation
44- Combining Chords and Single Notes
45- Grace Notes
46- Tonguing