Melody Of A Song – How Is It Made? Good morning. This is Duane and we’re doing a series called “Good Stuff You Really Ought to Know About Music,” all related to music theory. We’ve talked about the various kinds … Continue reading →
Do All Musicians Agree On The Blues Scale? Good morning. This is Duane. We’ve been doing a series on music theory called “Good Stuff You Really Ought to Know About Music!” Today I’d like to take up a hybrid blues … Continue reading →
Is there more than one blues scale? Here is a transcript of the video: Good morning, this Duane, and today I’d like to answer the question of a very intelligent young fellow about the blues scale. He was watching one … Continue reading →
You already know of major and minor scales and you’re probably playing some or all of these scales in your lessons but those 48 scales barely scratch the surface of the many types of scales that we find in the … Continue reading →
There are many, many forms of the blues, from rhythm-and-blues to all kinds of jazz tunes to hundreds, if not thousands of popular songs, and even some kinds of gospel music. In this podcast I discuss the basis of the … Continue reading →
This podcast is part one of a two-part series on the blues scale — what it is, how it is used, and how it is formed. Listen how to include a minor 3rd, diminished 5th, and minor 7th to add … Continue reading →
The blues scale is kind of a unique animal: half diatonic scale, half blue notes. Some people think that only the flat 3rd, flat 5th, and flat 7th of the diatonic scale is used in the blues, but that’s not … Continue reading →
Here’s a bluesy little chord progression you can use in quite a few musical situations. It involves playing the IV chord of the key and then playing the IV chord of that IV chord to create a chord progression that … Continue reading →
Here are some ideas for improvising on the blues scale. I picked the key of F, but of course you can play it in any key you choose as well. Notice that in the blues scale we use a flat … Continue reading →
The blues scale is a combination of a diatonic major scale plus the flat 3rd, flat 5th, and flat 7th of the scale
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