In order to cycle through as many areas of scale practice as possible and not get bored it is important to have a plan. The chord on page two using c, bb and e is a dominant 7th chord. A chord is a group of notes played at the same time that sound good together. For instance, in the c blues scale the notes are c eb f gb g bb c.
I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to learn in order to memorize the blues scales in all keys. This is an extract from chapter 7 of my ebook learn jazz. In this lesson we keep the harmony simple and focus on the shuffle pattern and rhythmic feel. Blues guitar chords comprehensive blues chord chart. A major feature of the blues scale is the use of blue notesnotes that are played or sung slightly at a slightly higher or lower pitch than standard. Its the note thats just to the left of the two black keys. Chords for piano compiled by simon creedy please distribute freely the contents of this pdf file can be distributed freely and are available to everyone. The twelve bar blues form begins with the i chord, c7 in this example, for four. Each of the 20 grooves utilizes a chord progression that is commonly used for that style of music. The best way to learn how to play, and improvise blues is with just a. In addition to boosting your improvisational skills, practicing this scale will also help you train your ear so you can learn new bluesy licks to incorporate into your playing. That b5, or blue note, adds a lot of tension and color to the scale.
Chord progression handbook ku scholarworks the university of. A minor third is made up of 3 half steps and be identified by its sad sound. The blues scale is very similar to the minor pentatonic scale, but with an additional lowered 5th note lowered by half a stepsemitone, or blues note. Blues chord progressions while learning how to play blues scales, chords and arpeggios is a vital part of becoming a wellrounded blues player, probably the most important aspect of the blues is the 12bar major and minor blues form. Pentatonic scales are killer scales to play over blues and over iivv changes. The form evolved in the united states in the communities of former african slaves from spirituals, praise songs, field hollers, shouts, and chants. They just ooze that minor bluesy vibe or sweet major vibe. List of piano chords free chord charts piano chords. To see these and other licks in action, please see the video guitar lesson.
This scale is much used above all in blues,pop,jazz,soul,funk,rhythm and blues,rock. Just the blues scale can be considered a basis for a particular key blues. Well find that the turnaround occurs in these last two measures. Pentatonic scales are cleaner as far as diagrams so theyre a little easier to work with. Basically the a minor blues scale and a c major blues scale have the same form. The examples well look at are there to spark your creativity in your rhythm guitar playing. This book also comes with a 33 minute mastering the blues scale vol. All images can be saved by right clicking on any image then selecting save picture as.
Everything we said up to now is valid also for the minor blues, with the only difference that the chord progression is in its simplest form. There are a total of 430 finger exercises in this book. Learn to improvise the blues on ukulele with chords, licks. Blues turnaround chord phrases the turnaround occurs most commonly in the last 2 bars of a blues progression. Select landscape mode to get best results printing it out.
We provide downloads for common scales including major, the three minor scales natural, harmonic, and melodic, the blues scale, and others. Piano geri allen, lynne arriale, kenny barron, bruce barth, richie beirach, ran. When playing over the 12 bar blues in the key of a you would play the a blues scale. The form of straight no chaser is a jazz blues in f, and so the chord changes are identical to the jazz blues in the other download. In short, it prepares the listener for the return back to the tonic and the start of a new 12 bars or however many bars the form is. There are tabs to follow and also scales boxes, which can help visualise and remember the shapes of the scales. When playing a twelve bar blues in the key of bb, use the bb blues scale. Blues chords made easy piano lessons pianote youtube. There are other chord progressions that require another parent scale, such as a blues mixolydian, a minorkey standard aeolian, or a modal standard like so what dorian. The scales are used often for composing melodies and for improvisation. Although some chords may sound better together than others, no matter.
With the chords in the blues chord chart above, you can pretty much interchange any chord and apply it to a particular 12bar blues pattern. These are the four most common scales in pop and rock music. Blues piano scales, chords, and chord progressions for. The characteristic sound of the blues scale is derived from blue notes which are the flat third, flat fifth and flat seventh tones. If you are wishing to order the pdf mp3 files please go to the correct page as this product is for the pdf file only. While traditional music has the triad 3note tertian chord as its basic harmonic unit, jazz uses the 7th chord 4. Dec, 2019 the place to find all piano chords pdf with fingering diagram staff notation, its a printable ebook. However, since blue notes are considered alternative inflections, a blues scale may be considered to not fit the traditional definition of a scale. The jazz blues chord progression jazz blues progression in f. Mar 11, 2015 recently i did a post about the 3 most important jazz scales for beginning improvisers.
We create a basic gospel blues progression using the i, iv, and v chords in the key of f. Learn the basics of the piano blues scale including its history. For example, go to your piano and play the note c in your left hand. How to play the mixolydian blues a sweeter blues sound. I am going to teach you exactly how to play this blues scale in any key by giving you the blues scale formula. Mar 6, 2018 whole fretboard blues scale forms in a pdf guitar tab 28 images whole fretboard blues scale forms best free home, blues guitar scales, flamenco. We can add the flat 5, b5, or blue note to the pentatonic scale, making it a sixnote scale called the blues scale. At its most basic, a single version of this blues scale is commonly used over all changes or. The easiest way to learn piano chords hacksfree series. Chord scale reference manual by larry ross norred, ascap spell chords and chord scales in any key major chords minor chords dominant chords spell advanced scales and modes in any key 54 common tone chord substitutions for any melody note frequently asked questions contact larry at. Its used for improvisation and also to build chord voicings. That one is built around the e minor pentatonic scale a staple scale in blues music. All piano chords pdf with fingering diagram staff notation. If you download the file 12 bar blues lesson supplement the first page contains the basic blues form, and the enhanced jazz blues form with numeric analysis.
Mastering the blues scale will give you the tools you need to improvise over a range of chord progressions, from a classic 12bar blues to a driving rock and roll song. The scale of the blues can also be used to improvise on a fine chord. Each scale is provided as a separate pdf download with finger numbers above each note. When playing a twelve bar blues in the key of bb, use the bb blues scale anywhere in the chord progression. The best way to learn how to play, and improvise blues is with just a few chords. You can, for example, combine the c blues scale with c7, f7 and g7 chords. A lot of people think about using the blues scale over blues, and thats a great way to go about it, but in this guide, im going to talk about it in a slightly different way. This pdf contains the scale charts for the blues scale in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. A tip is to use the left hand for a chord and play notes from the scale with the right.
The audio example gives you some ideas on how you can play that variation. These are mustknow scales especially for blues and rock so be sure to memorize. To see the blues chord progressions with their relevant blues scales in. Av3 x 3 a7 x 1 d7v4 x 2 av3 x 2 ev3 x 1 dv3 x 1 av3 x 1 ev3 x 1. The idea behind doing this was basically that i couldnt find any chord diagrams that werent either being charged for or. Below you can find a selection of downloadable pdf resources covering chords, scales, jazzy chord progressions and links. Printable piano chord chart for major and minor chords including sheet music and fingering for all chords look no further for. Like the minor blues scale, you can think of the major blues scale as a modification of the c major scale using the following scale degrees. The blues for free content learn jazz piano online with paul. Blues scales guitar fretboard diagrams, tab and standard.
Heres an example to show you how the minor blues scales relate to the major blues scales just like the major and minor pentatonic scales relate to each other. Free printable guitar chord chart guitar chords chart printable guitar. For the most part, im going to deal with pentatonic scales, but you can do blues scales instead if you want. Play and hold the f chord in the left hand while playing the f blues scale notes, from bottom to top and back again. The pentatonic blues scale is built upon three dominant chords.
Lets learn the blues scales on piano and keyboard in every key. The flatted 3rd, 5th and 7th notes of the scale for c blues scale. In the case of c pentatonic, the three chords are c7 f7 g7. Numbers at the side of the chord box is to indicate the fret so 1. So, over a diatonic chord progression such as a ii v i, you use the parent scale major scale in this case when improvising. It is a pdf file that you can download immediately so you can get to work. The thing that gives the minor blues scale its distinctive, bluesy sound, is whats known as the blue note. To summarize, the most important scales to learn first are the major, dorian, and mixolydian scales because they help you navigate major 7th, minor 7th, and dominant b7 chords, respectively. Jul 07, 2018 playing the blues often comes down to a straight forward chord progression, which anyone can learn and play on the piano within minutes. Blues scales are the most commonly used scales in most genres of music. Before we get started, here are the 5 pentatonic boxes in the way i look at them.
Free blues course free courses piano saxophone songs mp3s bridge my. The blues scale formula free online piano lessons the. These make great handouts for piano teachers to use with students. The blues scale in the key of c consists of the following notes c, eb, f, gb, g, bb, and c. These chords, riffs and scales can be expanded in a. As youll learn in this ebook, there are countless ways to form blues riffs and be creative with them. This way of applying scales to a progression is the same as youll find in barry harris exercises. This next level guitar blues masters dvd course comes complete with seven dvds and.
Open d tuning chart plus pdf learn to play the guitar free. The chord above using c, b and e, is a major 7th chord. Unlike scales such as minor pentatonic, a single mixolydian scale wont cover all. The harmony of blues music is not usually sophisticated. The a minor blues scale starts on a 5th fret, 6th string. Blues scale in general it can be used on every chord but above all on min7 th and dominant 7th chord. If we were to play an a minor blues scale over two octaves, starting on the 5th fret, it would look like this. A blues scale consists of 6 different notes, namely the root, flat 3rd, 4th, flat 5th, 5th and flat 7th of the major scale. Some of the most famous blues, boogie and rock n roll songs use this simple chord technique artists like jerry lee lewis, little richard, ray charles and fats domino would use these chords in a lot. List of piano chords piano chords, piano chords chart, piano scales. Feb 12, 2014 the basic structure of the blues uses 3 chords, in 12 bars, then repeats. Usually, we begin improvising on songs like blues in bb or f, satin doll. Or, in the same way, the g blues scale with the chords g7, c7 and d7. Here is a pdf of the 36 important scales major, dorian, and.
This chord chart shows you the most common chords in root position. The flat third, flat fifth and flat seventh notes of the scale are the blue notes of the scale. Free copies of this work and its two companion volumes are available for download in pdf. Jazz scale applications the preceding scales are here roughly arranged from most consonant to most dissonant in relation to the following chord types. Microsoft word majorminor blues scales boxesguitar.
If youre a beginner on this page, i have good news for you. Notice how i concatenate it with a fragment of a blues scale. Jun 20, 2019 to me what is confusing is why in a typical blues solo the minor scale of the i chord works over the iv and the v chord. Download our jazz handbook as a pdf jamey aebersold jazz. The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on a pentatonic scale and a characteristic twelvebar chord progression. Blues scale formula, piano blues scale, music chords. Below are shapes and tabs for the blues scale on guitar. As there are three chords in a standard blues progression sometimes referred to as 1, 4, 5, well need a different mixolydian pattern for each chord. The way i am playing the scales is that i start on the root and run up to the 7th, this gives you a bit of time to switch to the next chord.
Blues chords and pentatonic blues scales mixed together. A piano chords chart is a handy tool especially when you start learning how to play chords. May 01, 2011 mastering the blues scale volume 1 minor has 100 great blues licks in all 12 keys. The essentials of piano chords interactive piano chord. To see the blues chord progressions with their relevant blues scales in every key please see the the chart on the next page. Pay attention to this the c blues scale consists of the flat third eb. These are mustknow scales especially for blues and rock so be sure to memorize them and add them to your soloing repertoire. The major and minor scales are an essential step in learning jazz piano. Pentatonic and blues scales are effectively equivalent.
A lot of people are under the impression that blues piano is not for beginners. Click on one of the guitar scale category buttons common, rare and exotic to see the scale you are looking for. The exercises in this book use the major scale, pentatonic scale, blues scale, and chromatic scale. In other words, the dominant chord which is often called seven is a type of seventh chord, but not all seventh chords are dominant. You can get more charts in with custom tunings using my interactive scale generator here. Scales and arpeggios are a fundamental topic to master for those who are learning how to play guitar, so grab this book and enjoy it. Gordon has created 20 grooves in this book containing over 150 patterns in total, using notes solely from the blues scale. To understand how the formula works, you will need to know what a minor third is built of. For instance, in the c blues scale the notes are c. The 5th note and chord of the diatonic scale is known as the dominant and.
129 322 1165 666 30 668 1273 104 1396 354 308 969 1143 277 803 1412 287 187 756 331 1185 298 591 177 1395 206 18 996 1302 1242 277 1510 511 174 214