[Harp-L] re: blues scale

["Jim Alciere" <jim.alciere@xxxxxxxxx>]

Some folks play the 3rd natural, some play it flat. When you walk the bass
you are playing the 3rd natural and the band plays the 3rd flat. And let's
not forget the 1 can and often is flatted as well (otherwise how would you
play Jailhouse Rock?). Then there's the cool augmented 9th chords the
Hammond B3 players love that has the 3rd and the flatted third in the same
chord. And of course some purists might argue that the blues notes are
actually part of a Mali musical tradition that dates back thousands of years
and the notes aren't actually a half step flat, closer to a quarter step
flat.

So if you want to play the 3rd natural try it, see how sounds.

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