Scales

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A♭ MINOR BLUES

A♭ – B – D♭ – D – E♭ – G♭ – A♭

A♭
2 + 3
B
2
D♭
1 + 2
D♭5 · Blue note
1
E♭
2
G♭
2
A♭
2 + 3

Where you are with it

Use this over

Abm · Abm7 · Ab minor blues · Ab 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.

  • Basement SessionA♭7 · ♩ = 104
Practice the licks →

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