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- NOTE: There are several different forms of the blues scale that you may
come across in your research. The one presented here is more specifically known
as the"Minor Blues Scale"
- A blues scale differs from major, minor, and modal scales as it does not
contain every letter name of the musical alphabet
- Interval pattern of an ascending blues scale is m3, W, H, H, m3, W
- Moveable Do Sol fege syllables of an ascending blues scale scale are Do,
me, fa, fi, sol te do (Example, C, Eb, F, F#, G, Bb, C)
- Moveable Do Sol fege syllables of a descending blues scale Do, te, sol,
se, fa, me, do (Example, C, Bb, G, Gb, F, Eb, C)
- Scale degree pitches are 1, b3, 4, #4, 5, b7, 1 (ascending) or 1, b7,
5, b5, 4, b3, 1 (descending) NOTE: The raised and lowered scaled degrees are based
off of the major scale of the tonic pitch.
https://youtu.be/C8U5o4sAgEM
Objective 40.1: Correctly notate the Blues Scales, ascending and descending, starting
on any pitch