1. Blues Scale
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2. 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
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3. 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
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4. Playing along to a backing track
Listen to the demo
then play along to the backing track
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5. Can you remember the notes of the Blues scale?G Bb
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6. 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
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7. Listen to an example of an improvisation using only notes from the blues scale:
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8. 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
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