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Again staying in the Key of C try the following chord progression.

Cm //// ////

Ab //// ////  record this progression to a metronome at 75 BPM for 5 to 10 minutes

Record or have a friend play the chord changes while you play the C Pentatonic Scale forms and the Riff ideas already covered. By the way the word: riff, melody or motif means the same thing. A melodic set of notes.

Next time more chords for C Pentatonic Scale!

Now transpose these to each position (register) of your instrument, then to all 15 keys.

 

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Vince Lauria Sun and Earth Music

You can substitute this scale for the Blues Scale or combine it with the blues scale to create great melodic soloing and vocal melodies. 

In the key of C the number formula is:

R, b3, 4, 5, b7, 8th/R or octave.

The notes in the key of C would be:

C, Eb, F, G, Bb, C

Now memorize the number formula and corresponding note names.

Next time I will show you some fun examples with this scale.

Now transpose these to each position (register) of your instrument, then to all 15 keys.

 

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Vince Lauria Sun and Earth Music

C7////

F7////

C7////////

F7///////

C7////////

G7////

F7////

C7////

G7////

Remember each / means one quarter note or one chord per beat or click.

Now lets play some more single note Blues Scale Riffs.

Riff #1 = F, Gb, G, C  (remember these riffs can be played on any instrument)

Riff #2 = C, G, Gb, F, Eb

Riff #3 = G, A, C, Eb, C

Now transpose these to each position (register) of your instrument, then to all 15 keys.

 

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Vince Lauria Sun and Earth Music

 

Again staying in the key of C Blues do the following: 

Record a C7 chord (if you do not know how to play these chords go to:

http://bobsguitarpracticetips.com/Basics-of-Blues-Guitar-Chords-Playing-7-Essential-Blues-Guitar-Chords.html)

strumming at 60 BPM (beats per minute using a metronome, if you don't own a metronome go to: http://www.metronomeonline.com/).

Record the chord for five to ten minutes then play back the chord while you play the following riffs using quarter notes or one note per click or beat. If you do not know the note names on the piano or the guitar use these links.  

For piano:http://www.teach-me-piano.com/piano-notes-chart.html 

For guitar: http://www.freemusicstudy.com/guitar-fretboard-chart-2.htm

Riff #1 = Eb, C, G  

(repeat this riff - five to fifteen times in a row till it start to sound fluid and smooth please do this for all riffs). 

Riff #2 = G, Bb, C 

Riff #3 = G, Bb, Eb, C

 

Riff #4= C, Eb, F, G, Bb, C

Now transpose these to each position (register) of your instrument, then to all 15 keys.

 

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Vince Lauria Sun and Earth Music

After you become familiar with the key of C you will want to transpose or move these chords to other keys.

(More on this later).

The most common chords that go with the C Blues scale are:

C7////F7////G7////. (The lines after each of the chords are called hash marks each hash mark represents one quarter note or strum).

This is often referred to a one, four, five - chord progression. In our music shorthand:

I, IV, V - 

The reason we use shorthand is so one system is then used in all keys.

Now lets look at the notes to create each one of these chords.

C7 = R, 3rd, 5th, b7 note names    C - E - G - Bb

F7 = R, 3rd, 5th, b7 note names     F - A - C - Eb

G7 = R, 3rd, 5th, b7 notes names   G - B - D -  F

Learn these chords in all positions of the fretboard and keyboard.

More on the Blues Scale later!

Now transpose these to each position (register) of your instrument, then to all 15 keys.

 

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Vince Lauria Sun and Earth Music

Today lets learn it - then later I will show you ways to apply it.

First most scales are seven notes in a certain interval formula. What that means is out of the twelve notes in our musical system we usually use just seven of the twelve.

(an interval is the distance between any two notes - more on this later)

First lets review the number formula for a Major Scale:

R/1, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th/R or octave

The notes in the key of C would be:

C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C

The Blues Scale number formulas is:

R1, b3rd, 4th, b5th, 5th, b7th, 8th/R or octave.

The notes in the key of C would be:

C, Eb, F, Gb, G, Bb, C

Now transpose these to each position (register) of your instrument, then to all 15 keys.

 

All materials copyright 2010. For personal use only.

Vince Lauria Sun and Earth Music

Vince Lauria