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  • #10381
    Jan
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      PS. Just watched pentatonic blues improvisation 2, which answered my first pretty stupid question. Change scale, of course.

      J

      #10384
      john
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        Ya, in blues there are always options and the ability to bend and break even the rules I talked about. You could even play the entire 12 bar blues progression using the one chord, if in C, play a C blues throughout. This can eventually get monotonous and boring but it will work. Shifting to the 4 and 5 chords allows for more pleasant and creative changes and so yes, practise them changes!

        #10385
        Jan
        Participant

          Thanks Johnny,

          I'll continue to memorize all the scales until they come naturally. Soloing currently constantly brings in panic notes that sound wrong (usually half a tone too low), but I guess practice eventually will get rid of the fumbling.

          However, let me just get one thing right: If I'm asked to play a C blues in a II-V-I progression my scales would be E-A-D, is that correct?

          Jan

          #10386
          Jan
          Participant

            PS. … a concert C blues, just to clarify. Say, together with a piano or guitar.

            #10387
            john
            Keymaster

              You got it!

              #10395
              Jan
              Participant

                Hi Johnny,

                Please let us have the second part of your transcription. The only notes I think I can detect at the beginning of your solo is G-G#-A-A-A, but the more I listen and try to replicate the less confident I am about my interpretation.

                Jan

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