By adding one note to the minor pentatonic scale, the Blues scale can be created. The extra note is the flattened fifth degree ( b5) which is Eb in the A Blues scale which is shown in the next example.
This example shows a Blues scale line played by the right hand over the left hand accompaniment pattern you learned in the previous lesson.
Like the minor pentatonic, the Blues scale is useful for creating riffs played by both hands. Here is the A Blues scale played by both hands.
Here are some two handed riffs making use of the Blues scale.
It is also common to combine notes from the pentatonic or Blues scales with chords as shown in the next two examples.
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