Re: [Harp-L] What's a scale really mean anyway?

["Dave Murray" <dmurray777@xxxxxxx>]

> > So the questions that come to my mind here are
> 1, how do you learn 3rd position blues playing,
> using scale practice?
>
> Let him try developing chops (i.e. short riffs borrowed, stolen or 
> invented
> etc.) in 2nd position using ONLY the blues scale then transposing them 
> into
> 3rd, 4th, 5th, etc.this technique will train both the ear the articulation
> freeing the player, when in a more "real" situation, to play more of what 
> he
> hears in head as he hears it than repeating set pieces.

This might help. Tab for major/minor pentatonic and blues scale for all 12 
positions:

http://members.cox.net/dmurray777/pentpos.shtml

Peace and music,
Dave