Here, we’re looking at the notes of the A blues scale. A, C, D, E and G notes form the A minor pentatonic scale, so Eb is the all important note that turns this run into the blues scale. Each note is ...

One of my favorite sounds in blues and blues-rock soloing is utilizing the “blue note.” I’m talking about the flatted 5th, or b5, which is located one half step below the 5th of the root note of ...

Step 7: Here’s a handy blues riff exercise. Sticking to the key of F minor, play the first five notes of the F blues scale as a five-finger scale, but instead of starting on the thumb, start by ...

V changes and come up with some soloing ideas that enhance your melodic sensibility – and add a bit of fire along the way ...

On the guitar the Blues notes are played by bending the strings which raises the note up a quarter tone into the Blues scale. Certain notes are primary to the Blues. In any key the most important ...

Blues notes. Some notes used in blues music may be flattened by a semitone. These are normally the third, fifth or seventh notes of the scale. Guitarists can also ‘bend’ notes.

BB King apologising to Bono. Blue notes. Like most blues players, King based many of his phrases and licks on the minor pentatonic scale, which is a simple “box shape” on the fingerboard that ...

Eventually, you’ll begin to sing ‘passing notes’ that aren’t within the chord structure, but are in the scale structure. There are also blues scales, minor scales and a variety of chord ...