Ceasy Blues Part 2, The magic Blues Scale. 2 2
So, you've got you're three voicings in the left hand, 3 3
C7 [SOUND], F7 [SOUND], G7 [SOUND]. 4 4
So what do you play on the right hand? 5 5
And the reason a blues scale is so useful is that it will magically sound great 6 6
over any chord change in a given key, if you want to sound bluesy, that is. 7 7
So a blues song's overall key is in C, and 8 8
a C blues scale will sound fine with all the chord changes. 9 9
So you're playing in the key of C. 10 10
So let's look at a C blues scale that will go with your Ceasy blues chords. 11 11
Now don't worry about working out whether it's a third or 12 12
a flat and third or a seventh or anything else. 13 13
Just memorize this scale for now. 14 14
Look at the shapes and patterns that it makes. 15 15
That's all you need to do for now. 16 16
So look at the very geometrical 17 17
shape that the scale makes. 18 18
[SOUND] Okay, so. 19 19
[SOUND] Two Cs. 20 20
Moving inward on to black keys, not this one. 21 21
[SOUND] All right. In the middle, two whites. 22 22
[SOUND] So right in the middle of the two Cs, the two white notes. 23 23
All right. And 24 24
then right in the middle of the two white notes is a black key. 25 25
Okay. [SOUND] If you move that all up one octave 26 26
as well, you can do exactly the same. 27 27
[SOUND] Now you can 28 28
see the fingering I used. 29 29
That's the easiest fingering you can start with for this scale. 30 30
Your thumb and your third finger. 31 31
Thumb is always on the white. 32 32
Third finger is always on the black. 33 33
You never have to think about what you are doing. 34 34
Thumb, third, thumb, third. 35 35
[SOUND] So just keep practicing up and down. 36 36
[SOUND] So you can see that automatically 37 37
this scale almost sounds like a riff rather than a scale. 38 38
[SOUND] And it'll just work magically with your three chords. 39 39
Just as it is. 40 40
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