From the moment you play a minor blues scale you will
quickly understand how you too can add a blues feel to your
music. This scale obviously is used in blues but is also used
heavily in rock and country. The minor blues scale takes the
minor pentatonic scale and adds on a flat 5th. There are five
different positions on the neck to play this scale but the one
below is my favorite.
below is my favorite.
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The Root note is the red dot and the black is the flat 5th turning
it from just a minor pentatonic into the blues minor scale. In
an “Am” pentatonic (“penta” – 5, “tonic” – note) scale you would
see “A, C, D, E, G” when you add the sixth note (the flat 5th) it
becomes bluesy “A, C, D, Eb, E, G” . This is a moveable scale so get
familiar with this scale all over the neck. You can see and learn all
five positions here, this chord chart is simple and the one I printed
off in the past. If you’re interested, the major blues scale adds a flat 3rd to its
pentatonic scale. In “A” it would be: “A, B, C, C#, E, F, F#”. Here’s
a picture of a Major Blues Scale (the red dot is the root and the
green is the flat 3rd).
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