Improvisation Basics 2: Blues scales

John A asks:

Can someone tell me how I can play blues and bebop scales? How is each of them different from the original major scales?
Thanks!

Harri R answers:

Start from here:

Pentatonic and blues scales and

Blues and the Dominant Chord

There are more links to scales.

good luck,

Source:

www.saxontheweb.net/

Blues Scale

Improvisation Basics: The Power of the Pentatonic Scale

Last week I spent at Otava Jazz  Camp in outskirts of St. Michael in Finland. (My last year's blog post - 2009 pictorial story is forthcoming.) The theme for this year was syncopation. Much of the time was spent working in small combos and developing an improvised solo. The cornerstone for a beginning improviser is the Pentatonic Scale:

Bobby McFerrin is one of the natural wonders of the music world. A ten-time Grammy Award winner, he is one of the world's best-known vocal innovators and improvisers, a world-renowned classical conductor, the creator of "Don't Worry Be Happy", one of the most popular songs of the late 20th century, and a passionate spokesman for music education. Here Bobby demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale, using audience participation, at the event "Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus", from the 2009 World Science Festival, June 12, 2009.

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale.

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