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The Pentatonic & Blues Scales
two scales that cannot sound wrong — the improviser’s best friends
Plain prints every note in black, without the color coding.
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C major pentatonic
- C major pentatonic, up and down: C D E G A0:10
- The five black keys, up and down: a pentatonic scale too0:10
C blues scale
- C blues scale, up and down: C E♭ F F♯ G B♭0:11
- C blues scale over a held C chord: hear the blue notes rub0:12
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