Blues chords and their notes how to#
Knowing how to use the blues scale well takes some practice, but progress is very fast.
Did you notice how this same Eb, when played along with other notes, is really cool?!Ĭhromaticism of the blue note is one of the most pleasant chromaticisms there are, which is why this scale is so widespread. Doesn’t it look very strange? Now play the blues scale on top of that same song. Listen to a song in the key of C major and play the Eb note. We must not rest on it because that would be out of tune. This is not difficult to understand, as the blue note is a dissonant note on the natural diatonic scale. We can apply it anywhere we would apply the traditional pentatonic, just watching out for the fact that the blue note is a passing note, that is, it should appear only in the middle of other notes, and not as a resting note. So, the use of the blues scale is the same as the pentatonic scale. Undoubtedly, the most correct name is “blues scale”, but that doesn’t matter, the most important thing is to know how to use the scale! How to use the Blues Scale However, many musicians refuse to call this scale pentablues, as it does not have 5 notes (penta), but 6, making this name contradictory.
Blues chords and their notes plus#
The name “pentablues” came about because this scale is the pentatonic scale plus one note. The term “ blue note” is usually translated as “ outside note“, due to the fact that this note does not belong to the natural scale. It finds its roots in African-American music at the time of slavery and ended up being widely used within blues, receiving the name “blues scale”. The blues scale is one of the first scales taught to improvisation students, and it usually ends up being the only scale they use besides the major and the pentatonic scale. Great, but now the basic questions arise: where did this scale come from? And what is it for? Now check the C major blues scale and notice how the note added is the same (Eb): C major blues scale Check the shape of the A minor blues scale (with the blue note highlighted in red) below: A minor blues scale Notice that the note that was added is the same on both scales, just memorize the minor blues scale and transmit that note to the other shapes when making a solo. This note became known as the “ blue note“, and is the flat fifth in the case of the minor pentatonic, or the flat third in the case of the major pentatonic. The blues scale (or Pentablues) is the pentatonic scale plus one note.
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