The Blues Scale
The Blues scale is very similar to the minor pentatonic scale, except that it contains one extra note – the flattened 5th degree (b5). The scale formula is shown below, along with the fingering for the E form of the C Blues scale. Play through it many times until you have it in your memory. Try playing it with your eyes closed and visualize each note on the fretboard as you play it. As you do this, sing the names of the scale degrees. If you use this method of practicing any new scale, you will learn it much quicker.
C Blues Scale
Here are some examples demonstrating the use of the Blues scale. As with previous examples using the minor pentatonic scale, analyze each one and then use what you have learned to create your own licks from the Blues scale.
Class Sessions
1- Arpeggios
2- New Techniques - The Trill
3- The Minor Pentatonic Scale
4- The Blues Scale
5- INTRODUCTION
6- Sixteenth Note Rhythms
7- Understanding Rhythms
8- The Major Pentatonic Scale
9- More on Eighth Note Rhythms
10- The Triplet
11- Five Forms of the Pentatonic Scale
12- Syncopation
13- Minor Arpeggios
14- Enharmonic Notes
15- Swing Rhythms
16- Combining Scales
17- Set Rhythms
18- Common Sixteenth Note Figures
19- Identifying Scale Patterns
20- Tremolo
21- Fretboard Diagrams
22- The Shuffle Rhythm
23- Dominant Seventh Arpeggios
24- The Rake
25- Using Ties
26- Scale Degrees
27- Left-Hand Fingers
28- Twelve Note Positions for Triplets
29- Combining Scales and Arpeggios
30- Analyzing What You Play
31- Tablature
32- Staccato
33- Set Rhythms Using Triplet Figures
34- Twelve Eight Time
35- Tablature Symbols
36- Thirty Second Notes
37- Playing With Pick and Fingers
38- Jam Along Progressions
39- Listening