The blues scale is essentially the pentatonic scale plus the famous “blue note”: a “flat 3” (when referencing the major pentatonic scale) or a “flat 5” (when referencing the minor ...

Having looked at the minor pentatonic scale last month, this issue we’re moving on to its close relative, the blues scale. We say ‘close relative’ because the two scales are almost identical - just ...

These are the notes of the A minor pentatonic scale. As with any scale, it pays to learn it in as many fretboard positions as possible. Obviously, if you transpose a scale to a new key, you get a new ...