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 smile
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

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 (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  smile  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

Re: What scales go with a C Blues

johncross21 wrote:

Jerome

My question seemed straightfoward at the time. they always do  smile  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

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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Re: What scales go with a C Blues

Jerome

cheers

J