Blues Scales in E

Lesson 2/43 | Study Time: 5 Min
Course: Rock Keyboard Method
Blues Scales in E

Blues Scales in E

Like all scales, the minor pentatonic scale and the Blues scale can be transposed to any key. In this lesson you will learn both of these scales in the key of E. First, here is the E minor pentatonic scale.

Now try this example which is created entirely from the E minor pentatonic scale.

Here is the Blues scale in the key of E. This time the added note ( b5) is Bb .

Once you are comfortable with the Blues scale in E, try this 12 Bar Blues which uses the Blues scale to create lines over the left hand pattern from lesson 16 transposed to the key of E. Practice each hand separately if necessary.

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Class Sessions

1- Basic Chords, Rhythms and Sounds 2- Alternating Octaves 3- Blues Scales in E 4- The Blues Scale 5- The Minor Pentatonic Scale 6- Minor Keys 7- Using Ties 8- How to Transpose 9- Chord Construction 10- Scale Tone Chords 11- More New Chords 12- Turnaround Progressions 13- Combining Major and Minor Chords 14- Minor Chords 15- New Chords and Keys, Transposing, Pentatonic and Blues Scale Riffs 16- Using Keyboard Voices 17- INTRODUCTION 18- The Major Chord 19- Creating a Part 20- The 12 Bar Blues 21- Chord Inversions 22- Eighth Note Rhythms 23- A Major Scale 24- The C Major Chord 25- New Chords in the Key of G 26- Slash Chords 27- Intervals 28- Riffs 29- D Minor Chord Inversions 30- C Major Chord Inversions 31- The Chromatic Scale 32- A Minor Chord Inversions 33- E Minor Chord Inversions 34- D Major Chord Inversions 35- Chord Diagrams 36- G Major Chord Inversions 37- B Diminished Chord Inversions 38- Interval Names 39- B Minor Chord Inversions 40- The G Major Chord 41- F Major Chord Inversions 42- F<span class="symbolA">#</span> Diminished Chord Inversions 43- The F Major Chord

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