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The Major and Minor Blues scale with shortcut

The blues scale is a six note scale. The scale can be constructed by starting with a major scale and then using the following formula: 1-b3-4-#4-5-b7 The C blues scale would be C-Eb-F-F#-G-Bb. This scale works very nicely over minor 7th chords. A major blues scale also exists and can be constructed from a major […]