Blues Scale © Copyright Kapow! 2017
The Blues Scale The blues scale to accompany our 12 bar blues is made up of the notes below. Click on the icon below to hear it played. C Eb F F# G Bb © Copyright Kapow! 2017
It looks like this on the keyboard The black arrows help by showing what shape the notes make – diagonally up then a triangle and then diagonally down © Copyright Kapow! 2017
Playing along to a backing track Listen to the demo then play along to the backing track © Copyright Kapow! 2017
Can you remember the notes of the Blues scale? G Bb © Copyright Kapow! 2017
Listen to the audio and then have a go too! Basic improvisation using the blues scale – playing two of some notes going up and down. Listen to the audio and then have a go too! C C Eb Eb F F F# F# G G Bb C C C Bb Bb G G F# F# F F Eb C © Copyright Kapow! 2017
Listen to an example of an improvisation using only notes from the blues scale: © Copyright Kapow! 2017
Here are some suggested orders of notes that you could use. They can be played in whatever rhythm you like. C C Eb C F F# G G F# F Bb Bb G F# F G Bb G Bb G C C Bb C C © Copyright Kapow! 2017