Step 6: The blues scale is fantastic for improvised soloing, especially over power chords in the left hand. As power chords contain no third, they can be either major or minor, so they’re great to jam ...

The Blues scale is an adaptation of the minor pentatonic, identical except for the addition of one vital note, a sharpened fourth. With that one all-important additional ‘blue’ note, this scale is ...

Make a melody using the blues scale Develop the ideas from Task 1 using the blues scale. Play C major - on a keyboard play the white notes between C and the C above.