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BLUES · Intermediate · C7

Original study inspired by Blue Mitchell's musical approach. Not a transcription or endorsement.

Key

Written C / Concert B♭

· = original key (C). Notes, fingerings, chords, audio and sheet music are written B♭ pitch.

C7

C1
OPEN
B♭♭7
1
G5
OPEN
E3
1 + 2
G♭♭5
2
G5
OPEN
E3
1 + 2

♩ = 122 · four-beat count-in · ● valve down · ○ valve up

Orange numbers = scale degree of each note over the chord sounding beneath it

What you're hearing

  • The ♭5 is the blue note — touch it on the way through rather than landing on it.

How to play it

Let the blue note pull forward, not stop the line. Make the blues inflection warm and buoyant, never heavy-handed.

Where you are with it

Practice this with

C MINOR BLUESScaleii–V–I in CProgression