[Harp-L] Harp-L Digest, Vol 182, Issue 23

[John Frazer]

Major scale with flat 7. That is the blues scale, right? Just the base, though- plenty of more notes and shades of tone to color it with.

I bet you DO use that scale- but not exclusively- you coo coo bird!

> On Oct 30, 2018, at 9:23 AM, The Iceman <icemanle at xxxxx> wrote:
> 
> That guy who plays drums and harmonica at the same time sez:
> <<When you play in the key of G blues on a C harmonica, you are using the myxolidian scale.>>
> 
> I think John means that when he plays in the key of G blues on a C harmonica, he uses the mixolydian scale.
> 
> He does....I do not. Others do not as well, going beyond the pale seeing as how this is the new wave of diatonic players these days!
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Frazer <harmonicajohns at xxxxx>
>