[Harp-L] Blues scale vs. Pentatonic scale



> A Minor pentatonic:
>
> A C D E G

Yes.

> A Minor blues scale:
>
> A C D Db E G A

Not exactly. While there is both a major pentatonic scale and a minor pentatonic scale, the blues scale is always a minor scale (flat 3rd degree and flat 7th degree), so there is no such thing, strictly speaking, as the "minor blues scale." It is simply the blues scale. The blues scale starting on A is spelled:

A C D D# E G

or, alternatively:

A C D Eb E G

The blues scale starting on C is spelled:

C Eb F F# G Bb

I hope this helps.

GB





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