Scales

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A MINOR BLUES

A – C – D – D♯ – E – G – A

A
1 + 2
C
OPEN
D
1
D♯♭5 · Blue note
2
E
OPEN
G
OPEN
A
1 + 2

Where you are with it

Use this over

Am · Am7 · A minor blues · A blues-based jazz

The minor blues scale combines minor pentatonic vocabulary with the ♭5 blue note.

Concert key

Written A on B♭ trumpet sounds concert G.

Know the scale?

Learn hard-bop blues licks that use A blues.

  • Harlem NightcapA7 · ♩ = 144
Practice the licks →

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