Blues Scale

There are a few basic scale patterns that you should know and understand when you learn the
blues.

- The Pentatonic scale.

The Major pentatonic scale is, 5 notes of the 7 note octave scale. For example, in the key of "C" the major pentatonic scale would be...

C D E G A.

(the 1, 3, 5, 6, tones).

The Minor Pentatonic scale flattens the 3rd and the 7th tone. For example, in the key of "C", the minor pentatonic scale would be...

C Eb F G Bb.

(the 1, flatted 3, 4, 5, flatted 7, tones).

- The Blues Scale

The "Blues" scale for the key of "C" is constructed as follows....

C Eb F Gb G Bb.

(the 1, flatted 3, 4, flatted 5, 5, flatted 7, tones).

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