Topic: What scales go with a C Blues
Yes, I'm lost
I suppose that a C major scale would fit over a C blues but it would be a bit jolly. Other than that I'm confused
Re: What scales go with a C Blues
Hi John,
Here's one for you that I think you'll find helpful;
http://12bar.de/scale_generator.php
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Re: What scales go with a C Blues
john here is a free program that has all the scales chords and a choice of instruments to play the notes or the scale pattern its called Guitar Alchemist this link is a free version just choose the free and download it takes only a few seconds to setup 
http://www.guitaralchemist.com/index-1.html
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Re: What scales go with a C Blues
Start with A minor. It's the relative minor for C major. Pentatonics work well where you're at.
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Re: What scales go with a C Blues
Jerome
A minor
and
C minor pentatonic
Is that right ?
John
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Re: What scales go with a C Blues
Well, it depends. A "blues scale" can be any number of different things. Sometimes it means a minor with a flattened 5th. Sometimes it just means a minor pentatonic. It's not really a defined scale.
So my advice comes from soemthing the OP said, about it being "jolly," which I took as meaning "major."
So if he's modifying C major to get his "blues" scale, then A minor will go well over it. If he's using some form of C minor scale as his "blues" scale, then Eb major would go well with it, as C minor is the relative minor of Eb.
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7 2009-07-22 21:43:17 (edited by johncross21 2009-07-22 21:48:52)
Re: What scales go with a C Blues
Jerome
My question seemed straightfoward at the time. they always do but perhaps I should have been clearer.
My problem is that I'm practising scale patterns using a C Blues chord progression on a backing track which my tutor gave me
I tried using the C major scale and it was okay but not very bluesy. it was a bit jolly so I tried to remember which scales fitted better with blues
you suggested an 'A minor' and a 'minor Pentatonic'
Just checking you did mean C minor pentatonic not A minor pentatonic
j
Re: What scales go with a C Blues
yes the way I get to a blues scale is to take the minor pentatonic and add a b5
still confused though about which minor pentatonic I should be using A or C
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Re: What scales go with a C Blues
johncross21 wrote:
Jerome
My question seemed straightfoward at the time. they always do
My problem is that I'm practising scale patterns using a C Blues chord progression on a backing track which my tutor gave me
A OK. So I'm guessing you're playing a 12 or 16 bar blues in C, which would be C F and G or G7, yes?
If that's the case, then A minor is definitely what you want. A minor is the relative minor scale for C major. You can have a whole lot of fun bending the life out of the strings with that minor pentatonic.
You can also play around with E phrygian ove C as it will give you a bit of a different "minor" sound and you can do some interesting things there.
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