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Essential Scales for Mastering the Blues

72 lessons · 6 sections

The scales the blues actually runs on, in all twelve keys: the minor and major pentatonic, the blues scale and its relative minor, mixolydian, and the dominant bebop scale.

Start course Minor Pentatonic Scale (C)

1. Minor Pentatonic Scale

  1. 1 Minor Pentatonic Scale (C) Start
  2. 2 Minor Pentatonic Scale (F) Start
  3. 3 Minor Pentatonic Scale (Bb) Start
  4. 4 Minor Pentatonic Scale (Eb) Start
  5. 5 Minor Pentatonic Scale (Ab) Start
  6. 6 Minor Pentatonic Scale (Db) Start
  7. 7 Minor Pentatonic Scale (F#) Start
  8. 8 Minor Pentatonic Scale (B) Start
  9. 9 Minor Pentatonic Scale (E) Start
  10. 10 Minor Pentatonic Scale (A) Start
  11. 11 Minor Pentatonic Scale (D) Start
  12. 12 Minor Pentatonic Scale (G) Start

2. Major Pentatonic Scale

  1. 1 Major Pentatonic Scale (C) Start
  2. 2 Major Pentatonic Scale (F) Start
  3. 3 Major Pentatonic Scale (Bb) Start
  4. 4 Major Pentatonic Scale (Eb) Start
  5. 5 Major Pentatonic Scale (Ab) Start
  6. 6 Major Pentatonic Scale (Db) Start
  7. 7 Major Pentatonic Scale (F#) Start
  8. 8 Major Pentatonic Scale (B) Start
  9. 9 Major Pentatonic Scale (E) Start
  10. 10 Major Pentatonic Scale (A) Start
  11. 11 Major Pentatonic Scale (D) Start
  12. 12 Major Pentatonic Scale (G) Start

3. Blues Scale

  1. 1 Blues Scale (C) Start
  2. 2 Blues Scale (F) Start
  3. 3 Blues Scale (Bb) Start
  4. 4 Blues Scale (Eb) Start
  5. 5 Blues Scale (Ab) Start
  6. 6 Blues Scale (Db) Start
  7. 7 Blues Scale (F#) Start
  8. 8 Blues Scale (B) Start
  9. 9 Blues Scale (E) Start
  10. 10 Blues Scale (A) Start
  11. 11 Blues Scale (D) Start
  12. 12 Blues Scale (G) Start

4. Relative Minor Blues Scale

  1. 1 Relative Minor Blues Scale (C) Start
  2. 2 Relative Minor Blues Scale (F) Start
  3. 3 Relative Minor Blues Scale (Bb) Start
  4. 4 Relative Minor Blues Scale (Eb) Start
  5. 5 Relative Minor Blues Scale (Ab) Start
  6. 6 Relative Minor Blues Scale (Db) Start
  7. 7 Relative Minor Blues Scale (F#) Start
  8. 8 Relative Minor Blues Scale (B) Start
  9. 9 Relative Minor Blues Scale (E) Start
  10. 10 Relative Minor Blues Scale (A) Start
  11. 11 Relative Minor Blues Scale (D) Start
  12. 12 Relative Minor Blues Scale (G) Start

5. Dominant or Mixolydian Scale

  1. 1 Dominant or Mixolydian Scale (C) Start
  2. 2 Dominant or Mixolydian Scale (F) Start
  3. 3 Dominant or Mixolydian Scale (Bb) Start
  4. 4 Dominant or Mixolydian Scale (Eb) Start
  5. 5 Dominant or Mixolydian Scale (Ab) Start
  6. 6 Dominant or Mixolydian Scale (Db) Start
  7. 7 Dominant or Mixolydian Scale (F#) Start
  8. 8 Dominant or Mixolydian Scale (B) Start
  9. 9 Dominant or Mixolydian Scale (E) Start
  10. 10 Dominant or Mixolydian Scale (A) Start
  11. 11 Dominant or Mixolydian Scale (D) Start
  12. 12 Dominant or Mixolydian Scale (G) Start

6. Dominant Bebop Scale

  1. 1 Dominant Bebop Scale (C) Start
  2. 2 Dominant Bebop Scale (F) Start
  3. 3 Dominant Bebop Scale (Bb) Start
  4. 4 Dominant Bebop Scale (Eb) Start
  5. 5 Dominant Bebop Scale (Ab) Start
  6. 6 Dominant Bebop Scale (Db) Start
  7. 7 Dominant Bebop Scale (F#) Start
  8. 8 Dominant Bebop Scale (B) Start
  9. 9 Dominant Bebop Scale (E) Start
  10. 10 Dominant Bebop Scale (A) Start
  11. 11 Dominant Bebop Scale (D) Start
  12. 12 Dominant Bebop Scale (G) Start