Basic Scales 2

The Blues Scale

The Blues scale is just like the minor Pentatonic, but with one extra note added in – the b5. This is commonly referred to as a ‘Blue’ note. It is a dissonant note that clashes with our root and so it is commonly used as a linking note to connect together phrases. This scale is used (obviously) in Blues and also in a lot of rock music.  and Led Zeppelin’s ‘Heartbreaker’ to hear great examples of riffs built from the minor pentatonic.

In the key of C

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In the key of G

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Check out the intro to Cream’s ‘Sunshine of your love’

Sunshine Of Your Love

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.Led Zep’s ‘Heartbreaker’ has a blues scale riff that moves up and down the neck, but always uses the shape and notes of the blues scale.

Heartbreaker

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Basic Scales 3

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