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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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G Bb C D F G
G 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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Db added (b5/#4)
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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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