Three essential blues scales every guitarist should know. This acclaimed book by dan greenblatt is available at in several formats for your ereader. The blues scale for tenor sax and bb instruments by andrew d. On this page youll find blues scale guitar tab, patterns and notation that will allow you to play blues scales all over the guitar neck.
A 12bar blues is performed, as the name implies, by playing twelve bars in a given arrangement that are repeated through a song. A scale formula shows how the notes relate to a major scale with the same root. The blues scales eb version pdf can be read on any device that can open. There are plenty of arrangements, based on chord progressions, to use. I have quite a few students who are fans of playing the blues. These scales are for obvious reasons perfect when playing blues on the piano. Many people begin by playing by ear letting their inner musical ear guide their choice of notes. I remember being introduced to the blues scale in jazz band when i was a sixth grader. In some respects, teaching the this scale as the first jazz scale makes sense. Major and minor blues scales guitar tab and essential licks by matt warnock wednesday, 02 january 2019 published in guitar lessons the blues scale, whether its major or minor, is one of the most widely used scales in modern music. What is the difference between a pentatonic scale and a blues. In the bb version of exercises will fit better with the range of the trumpet some with the range of the saxophone. This pdf contains the scale charts for the blues scale in all keys for guitar in standard tuning.
Blues scales blues is an irresistible tonality for a guitar player. The blues scales eb version isbn 97811533 pdf epub. The blues scales essential tools for jazz improvisation by dan greenblatt, and. Below is a download link for the pentatonic scale pdf. Great transcriptions of solo phrases by miles davis, dave sanborn, dizzy gillespie, etc. Now that you have worked on each of the scales used to solo over a c minor blues, and any key of the minor blues, in your studies, here is a handy reference chart that shows each chord with its corresponding scale. Adding a blue note to the regular pentatonic scale result in the pentatonic blues scale. Blues scales, the, paperback book and cd package, b flat, c, and e flat editions available, and thousands more titles. The 12bar is an extremely common structure when playing blues.
The major blues scale is some less common than the minor blues scale, and therefore we start with minor and you will find the major by scrolling down. Finally, the blues form is extremely flexible, with many variations, a form to which you will return throughout your development an improviser. Essential tools for jazz improvisation dan greenblatt the blues scales is a book with an approach best suited for the beginning jazz improviser who knows the basic chords and scales. Pentatonic scales pdf and instructional video guitar alliance. When playing a twelve bar blues in the key of bb, use the bb blues scale anywhere in the chord progression. Greenblatt defines two blues scales, the major and the minor. This groundbreaking bookcd package will show you or your students how to use the major and minor blues scales to improvise meaningful solos without having to first master all the scales and chords of a tune good for all levels essential for beginners, perfect for intermediate students, and even useful for professional players to hone their skills on this crucial and often neglected. Link to guitar pro file of tab for the guitar harmonic minor scale. They think that learning the blues scale will help them to write and perform blues style music and they are correct. Heres a little something that ive been working with in the studio this week. An excellent book, useful to beginners as well as advanced players. Minors are written out in both major and minor keys. This division is clearly and systematically preserved in all musical examples till the end of the book.
Link to free printable guitar scales pdf file with all 5 positions of the guitar harmonic minor scale. Download our free pdf versions of each scale with fingering. Many highly advanced blues guitarists make use of not one single scale, but combine many different scales to make their sound stand out more. Finally, try play the melody along with the rhythm section by turning off the saxo. Link to page dedicated to the guitar harmonic minor scale. Home blog the mixodorian blues scale for blues soloing. Connect them in with the expanded i and ii blues scales.
Pentatonic scales and the blues scale can also be used liberally. The blues scales c version 1st edition by music, sher. This book does a great job of breaking down the blues and showing how all the pieces of the blues scales can fit together to form wonderful improvisational solos. Here to demonstrate three essential blues scales is tyler larson. Practice the blues scales in all keys and try and connect them with the rest of the shapes so you can play up and down the entire neck.
Sher music essential tools for jazz improvisation language. Save up to 80% by choosing the etextbook option for isbn. Blues practice is derived from the conjunction of african scales and the diatonic western scales. All the holes and gaps are now filled and you want to work towards playing the minor pentatonic blues scale over the entire neck. Blues scales a topic that usually takes a maximum of 2 pages a regular book of jazz theory, here extends to 80 pages.
Numerous ways to expand the blues scales to make them even more useful. Before moving on to learning a set of scales that you can use to solo over the minor blues progression, lets take a look at the guitar chords that you will be soloing over with these particular scales below are the basic changes to a c minor blues progression, without any substitutions or alterations to the standard form. Read them on a desktop, laptop, phone or tablet, and print out pages. Greenblattblues scales cd mallet instrument method. Why learning more than one scale pattern is beneficial. There are a total of 430 finger exercises in this book. Free printable guitar scales 14 most commonly used scales. The heptatonic, or sevennote, conception of the blues scale is as a diatonic scale a major scale with lowered third, fifth, and seventh degrees, which is equivalent to the dorian. Extensive dictionary of classic major and minor blues scale phrases.
Endorsed by michael brecker, jamey aebersold, and others, this is the onl. At the beginning of the scale, start with the lowest root note on the open e string and play that note. Often new players are drawn to the instrument because of a desire to play the blues. This note is responsible for giving the blues scale its signature bluesy sound. Aug 12, 2019 on this page youll find blues scale guitar tab, patterns and notation that will allow you to play blues scales all over the guitar neck.
English bb version eb version c version this groundbreaking bookcd package will show you or your students how to use the major and minor blues scales to improvise meaningful soloswithout having to first master all the scales and chords of a tune. Essential tools for jazz improvising i learned quite by accident from the forum all about jazz. All instruments, blues, improvisation, jazz, scales. I am always getting asked by piano players, guitarists and solo instrumentalists to show them the blues scale.
Rather than leaving the blues behind you get more sophisticated, you bring the blues along with on your path of development. The exercises in this book use the major scale, pentatonic scale, blues scale, and chromatic scale. Greenblattblues scales cd mallet instrument method books. In fact there are so many other scales that we can use to solo over a blues progression, that it would be a pitty to only use one scale all of the time. The major blues scale is some less common than the minor blues scale, and therefore we start with minor and you will find the major by. You should hear them, feel them, know them, eat them and whatever comes next with them. Read on for a complete blues scale guitar lesson what youll learn. The only book ever published showing the beginning jazz soloist how to improvise a real solo using only scales, the major and minor blues scales. In music, the blues scale is similar to a pentatonic scale which is fundamental to music all around the world. These are the four most common scales in pop and rock music.
The major scale is the constant to which you compare all other scales. Usually its the next scale learned after the major and minor scales. Stepbystep exercises to get beginning students able to quickly solo using the two basic blues scales. Dan wants the pupil to start with both the minor bb blues scale and the major bb blues scale and use them alternately and then.
There are two pentatonic scales, major pentatonic and minor pentatonic. To play the blues is a fascinating undertaking because it can be both simplistic and yet intangibly tricky to. As a jazz educator with a large experience i am constantly looking for educational material on jazz harmony, theory, improvisation and composition, and also on specific topics like this book of dan greenblatt. Good for all levels essential for beginners, perfect for. I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to learn in order to memorize the blues scales in all. To play the blues is a fascinating undertaking because it can be both simplistic and yet intangibly tricky to master. Dan greenblatt is the author of the blues scales 4. You can get more charts in with custom tunings using my interactive scale generator here. Blues scale is the pentatonic scale with one more note added in the scale. Free minor pentatonic blues scale chart saras music studio.
Major and minor blues scales guitar tab and essential licks. These are the only scales you need to be the complete blues guitarist, tyler says. The pentatonic scale is use primarily used for soloing. The blues scales essential tools for jazz improvisation dan. The blues scales essential tools for jazz improvisation for all instruments by ny saxophonist dan greenblatt c version the accompanying cd of dan with his working new york rhythm section demonstrates how each exercise should sound, as well as giving the student an hour of swinging playalong accompaniment to practice with. Firstly a clear and precise representation of the two basic blues scales major and minor. Essential tools for jazz improvising dan greenblatt on. The blues scales essential tools for jazz improvisation. Piano pentatonic blues scales overview with pictures. Major and minor atualizado cd completo e pdf com as paginas faltantes bird 1988 hdtv 720p dual audio.
From saxophonist and educator dan greenblatt comes this marvelous book entitled the blues scales. It has more note choices than the blues scale, and can be used to create a more authentic, informed jazz solo over a blues. This note is known as blue note and it is the flattened fifth in the case of the minor pentatonic, or the flattened third in the case of the major pentatonic. The solution to the is that there really two blues scales that are commonly jazz improvisers, rather than one single is the already looked because of a decidedly minor so. The mixodorian blues scale for blues soloing learn. Richards demonstrates authentic lefthand patterns and bass lines, chord voicings, blues scales. Order books and transcriptions in easytodownload pdf form. Everyone loves to play the blues, but if you only know the minor pentatonic scale, your playingnot to mention your audiences attention spanmight suffer. I am offering a free pdf of all major and minor blues scales, written out in all keys. Pentatonic scales pdf and instructional video the pentatonic scale is a 5 note scale that is widely used in rock, blues, country, and other genres.
As i mentioned, if you know your minor pentatonic scale the blues guitar scale shape will be easy because were only adding one note in each octave. The mixodorian blues scale combines three scales into one scale. What is the difference between a pentatonic scale and a. Shop and buy the blues scales bb edition sheet music. When this happens, the blues scale is often the first jazz scale that the student is taught.
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