The Minor Blues Scale
The minor blues scale is a
variation of the minor pentatonic scale.
Just adding one note into the minor
pentatonic scale you sure will feel the
difference in the sound of the scale.
Which note gives that bluesy feel to the
minor blues scale. That is why it is
sometimes named as blues minor
pentatonic scale. The note is #4 or in
other words b5.
The formula of the minor blues scale
is 1, b3, 4, b5, 5, b7.
The minor blues scale is used in musical
styles such as blues, rock, jazz and
fusion. The chords used with the scale
are usually minor, minor Sevenths, minor
Ninths, dominant sevenths and dominant
Ninths. Of course the limit is your
imagination.
However the minor blues scale consist of
six notes it still has the all
facilities of the pentatonic scales;
easy to remember and play fingering
patterns, good over many chord
progressions and so on. And also minor
blues scale can be played
interchangeably with the minor
pentatonic scale.
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If you play the minor pentatonic
scale adding b5/#4 what you play is exactly the
minor blues scale.
The minor blues scale formula:
1
b3 4 b5
5 b7
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G Bb C D F
G
G minor pentatonic scale
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Db added (b5/#4) |
G Bb C Db D F
G
G minor blues scale
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If you have written the pentatonic
scales lessons you have already known
that every major pentatonic scale has a
relative minor pentatonic scale
and vice versa. So that we can easily
say that G minor blues scale has the
same notes with Bb major blues scale.
The only difference is the rote notes
and the tone of these two scales. We did
not show an image for this because we
have already done it in major and
minor pentatonic scales lessons.
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