Re: [Harp-L] Blues scale vs. Pentatonic scale

[Vince Meghrouni <Foomcorp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The bone of contention here seems to be the use of the word "minor"  
within A Blues Scale, which is, admittedly a misnomer caused by  
writing what I wrote rapidly.  But I would say that the correction is  
obfuscatory and a bit fussy.  Since you added one more blues scale,  
why not add the other ten.

Rex Tobago, destroyer of worlds.


On Oct 30, 2007, at 10:12 PM, George Brooks wrote:

> > 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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