TOON UP THE BLUES

LEARN TO PLAY THE COLOR BLUES SCALES!

  LOOK AT YOUR MAJOR HARMONY® EASY MUSIC CHART!
THE R OR; ROOT TONE IN THIS PATTERN NAMES THE BLUES SCALE.
"A" GREEN = A BLUES SCALE, ETC.
PLAY THE COLORS WITHIN THE HARMONY MATRIX® BLUES PATTERN
USE SCALE DEGREES = R AS 1, b3, 4, b5, 5, b7 AND 8 THE OCTAVE.

THIS SCALE WORKS GREAT WITH DOMINANT 7 CHORDS, TOO!

THE BLUES SCALE CAN BE PLAYED BY ANY MELODIC INSTRUMENT!
BE SURE TO WEAR YOUR SUNGLASSES!


HOW TO PLAY THE BLUES CHORD PROGRESSIONS






   BLUES SONG #1





THE BLUES SCALE IS RELATED TO
THE PENTATONIC SCALE!
YOU JUST ADD THE BLUES "FLAT 5 TONE"!





YOU ONLY NEED TO PLAY
A FEW SCALE NOTES PER CHORD!
THESE ARE CALLED ... LEAD RIFFS!








PLAY LEAD RIFFS USING THESE PATTERNS TO THE CHORDS IN THE
G MINOR BLUES SONG EXAMPLE ABOVE!


NOW, LET'S TRANSPOSE THE G MINOR BLUES
CHORD PROGRESSION UP TO THE KEY OF A MINOR!

LOOK FOR THE SIMPLE 3 BOX
KEY PATTERN ON YOUR EASY MUSIC CHART!

WHAT COLORS ARE IN THE A MINOR KEY PATTERN?

TRANSPOSING FROM G MINOR TO A MINOR IS EASY!
  EVERYTHING JUST GOES UP A MAJOR SECOND OR TWO PITCHES HIGHER. 
G = 0    G# = 1    A = 2
THIS MEANS EVERY CHORD WILL HAVE TO BE RAISED UP TWO FRETS ON THE GUITAR.

KEY OF A MINOR = A MINOR - D MINOR AND E MINOR

    JAM WITH A PAL!
 








THE NEXT FIVE SUPERSONIC LESSONS ALL RELATE TO THIS BLUES SONG!




BUILD UP YOUR BLUES LEAD.
PLAYING ALL THE ACCENT TONES IN ONE LEAD!





HERE ARE THE
CONNECTED PENTATONIC BLUES SCALE PATTERNS.

  THEY ALLOW YOU TO PLAY OVER THE ENTIRE GUITAR NECK
PLAYING FROM ONE PATTERN TO OTHER.

THE SAME NOTE PLAYED ON DIFFERENT STRING,
AT A DIFFERENT POSITION WILL PRODUCE THE SAME SOUND
BUT, IT WILL HAVE A SLIGHT CHANGE IN TIMBRE.
BASS STRINGS TEND TO PRODUCE MORE MELLOW TONES
WHILE THE TREBLE STRINGS HAVE A BRIGHT SOUND.





SELECT ONE OR TWO PATTERNS AND PLAY THEM TO THE
A MAJOR BLUES SOUND FILE ABOVE.
EACH STAR WILL BE ON THE "A TONE"!




ANOTHER LOOK AT THE CONNECTED PATTERNS!












PRACTICE YOUR BLUES!



   BLUES SONG #3



 
    With Practice ...
YOU Will BE PLAYING THE MAJOR BLUES!





ARE YOU GETTING THE POINT?
PLAY THIS A MAJOR BLUES SONG WITH YOUR LEADS IN THE B.B. 2 POINT!



KEY OF A BLUES SOUND FILE HERE!

USE THE B.B.2 MAJOR BLUES PATTERN HERE!
TRANSPOSE THE BLUES SCALE
TO THE KEY OF C MAJOR THEN ... F MAJOR!
FIND YOUR ROOT TONES!









PLAY THE MINOR BLUES SCALES WITH THIS TOON!


 

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