Blues-scale Definition

noun

(music) A scale used in the blues, generally consisting of tonic, major second, minor third, fourth, fifth, major sixth and minor seventh, in which notes, particularly the third, fourth and fifth may be bent.

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Noun

Singular:
blues-scale
Plural:
blues-scales

Blues-scale Sentence Examples

  • It introduces patterns characteristic of the idiom, such as modes,, the blues scale and the minor pentatonic.

  • Originally released in 1972 on the album Machine Head, the four chord distorted guitar riff follows a basic blues scale and is eventually doubled by a heavily distorted Hammond organ playing the same line as the guitar.

  • Guitar tablature allows people who don't know how to read music and can't tell an A-minor chord from a blues scale to actually play a song.

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