{"id":34,"date":"2014-02-04T14:40:50","date_gmt":"2014-02-04T19:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/&p=34"},"modified":"2018-01-09T11:11:57","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T16:11:57","slug":"12-blues-scales-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/2014\/02\/12-blues-scales-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE 12 Blues Scales Sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a free sheet I give to all my students after they learn their major scales. It’s just a sheet with all the 12 Blues Scales on it.<\/p>\n

When I teach my students to use the blues scale I teach them to try to move off the #4 note quickly when playing. Many student who are new to improvising will land on the #4 and just sit on it without resolving it. This is a great note because there’s tension to it but tension sounds best when you hear it resolve. For example, if I’m using the A blues scale and play an Eb many times you will hear me resolve it to E or to D which in most cases are more pleasing notes to the ear. It’s good to practice each blues scale to it’s corresponding minor chord but also to it’s relative major chord. Ex. A blues scale- practice this over an A minor and a C Major chord. There is slight variations in how you use this scale depending on the harmony behind it.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD –<\/strong>>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a012-blues-scales<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

For more information and licks using the blues scales check out my two books on Mastering the Blues Scales.\u00a0 There are tons of great sound lines and licks in these two books!<\/p>\n

\"BluesCover1Small\"Mastering the Blues Scale Volume 1-Minor<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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\"Blues2CoverSmall\"Mastering the Blues Scale Volume 2-Dominant Chords<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

I also have tons of lessons in my Neffmusic store<\/a> on the blues scales and the 12 bar blues both for alto and tenor saxophone.\u00a0 I always tell my students, “If you can master the blues scale and wail with it………..you are ready for your first gig!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a free sheet I give to all my students after they learn their major scales. It’s just a sheet with all the 12 Blues Scales on it. When I teach my students to use the blues scale I teach them to try to move off the #4 note quickly when playing. Many student who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[33,34],"class_list":{"0":"post-34","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-jazz-improvisation","7":"tag-free-sheet","8":"tag-students","9":"entry","10":"has-post-thumbnail"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}