C Blues Scale – Free Piano Lesson
www.lessonrating.com Learn the C Blues Scale, Free Piano Lesson to Show You How This video shows the basics of playing the C blues scale. The C blue...
www.lessonrating.com Learn the C Blues Scale, Free Piano Lesson to Show You How This video shows the basics of playing the C blues scale. The C blues scale consists of the following notes C – Eb – F – Gb – G – Bb – C As we’ve explained in our video on major and minor triads, a good way to learn your blues scales to understand not only the individual notes of the scale, but also the spacing or intervals between each note. If you know the spacing or interval formula, you’ll be able to build a blues scale easily in any key. Below are the intervals in parenthesis between each note on the piano of the C blues scale C (minor third) Eb (whole step) F (half step) Gb (half step) G (minor third) Bb (whole step) C Once you understand how the scale is formed, start by playing it slowly to get it comfortable under your fingers. Don’t play it too fast until you can play it evenly. Play it up and down, then make up patterns that sound good to your ear. You can also play around with sliding on and off notes. The best notes to slide on in the C blues scale are the F, Gb and G. When sliding, think of how a guitar sounds when you bend a note. This is the sound you are trying to mimic. Once you start to get comfortable with the scale, you can add some left hand patterns such as walking bass or boogie bass. Be creative and have fun with this new set of notes! ForMore Online Music Courses visit our Site. Our music teachers rate the top online piano courses. If you have any piano learning …
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once again thanks for posting this videos
thanks helped out a lot
You’re welcome. We’ll have more coming…
Dude can play!
This is so interesting!
Dude that was brilliant !!
But I have one question…soo if that is C-Blues scale right…if you were to use the same kind of pattern in between the notes, would you be able to form different blues scales such as a B-blues scale for example ?
yep, that’s exactly how it works. the spacing is always the same with this pattern:
Min 3rd – W – H – H – Min 3rd – W
You can start that pattern from any note and you’ll have the blues scale…
hey,
thnx
k so this is THE BEST SCALE i play on …
i composed so many things on that scale and many solos. but the problem i have is how to play chords … i dont know how to play ANY chord on the blues scales :S!! and second … my left hand !! .. i dnt know what to play with it either ! … it would be great if u can help me
Hi!
Are you playing solo piano or are you playing with a group? This will greatly influence what you want to do with your left hand. If you are playing solo, check out the videos i posted with the LH walking bass and the LH boogie bass. Let me know if i can be of more help!
very very useful !!! thanks!
you’re very welcome!
The advice on the hand technique was very clear and useful. I was already fast, I feel like Flash Gordon now…lol Thanks a lot!
its a minor right?
5*
exactly what I was looking for
you sound like tom hanks hahaha
Bonjour,
From Brussels Hey..thats fun, total newbi i am ! explaind without slang and easy to understand.
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