The Blues Scale
There are many other types of scales which can be derived from the major scale by altering (flattening or sharpening) some of its notes and also by leaving out some of the notes. One of the most common scales used in Funk, Blues and Rock is the Blues Scale. Its degrees are 1, b3, 4, b5, @5 and b7 as shown here in the key of C. Notice how these degrees compare to the C major scale.
This example demonstrates the sound of the Blues scale. You will probably recognise it right away, as it has been used as the basis of thousands of bass lines as well as lead guitar solos, vocal melodies and keyboard parts.
Class Sessions
1- Left Hand Techniques
2- The Eighth Note
3- Popping Technique (F)
4- Articulation
5- Sixteenth Note Rhythms
6- Scales
7- Thumb Slapping Technique (T)
8- The Triplet
9- Understanding Chords
10- Working With a Drummer
11- INTRODUCTION
12- Approach to Practice
13- Swing Rhythms
14- Common Sixteenth Note Figures
15- Arpeggios
16- Finishing Touches
17- Extending Scale Patterns
18- The Blues Scale
19- Using The Left Hand
20- Syncopation
21- Playing in all Keys
22- Bass Guitars
23- Minor Chords
24- Rhythm Studies
25- Movable Fingering Patterns
26- Analyzing Sixteenth Note Rhythms
27- Seventh Chords
28- Amplifiers
29- Learning the Notes
30- Strings
31- Understanding The Fretboard
32- Notes on the Bass Fretboard
33- Tuning Your Bass
34- Five Patterns For Arpeggios
35- How to Read Music
36- Applying Scale and Chord Formulas
37- Music Notation
38- Playing Position