[Harp-L] Blues scale vs. Pentatonic scale

[George Brooks <gbrooksvt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 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