Scales

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E MINOR BLUES

E – G – A – A♯ – B – D – E

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

Where you are with it

Use this over

Em · Em7 · E minor blues · E blues-based jazz

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

Concert key

Written E on B♭ trumpet sounds concert D.

Know the scale?

Learn hard-bop blues licks that use E blues.

  • Tin RoofE7 · ♩ = 152
Practice the licks →

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