Trombonist Cindy M. asked me to talk about how we use the blues scale to improvise.   Comparing it to the major scale, you see the blues scale features three “blues notes,” notes Mozart would never use.

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First comes the flat 7, the “happy blues note.”  Second is flat 3, the “minor blues note.”  Then there’s the “bop flat 5,” (though swing cats prefer to drink theirs!)

Here’s a blues I just wrote that shows off all 3 blues notes.

Download these charts for concert treble, concert bass, Bb, or Eb instruments.

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