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Like Bethefirstofyourfriendstolikethis.

Ifyoureinterestedinlearningaboutthechromaticharmonyofthebluesscale,thenthislessonisforyou.
Whilelisteningtobluesmusic,onethingyoucantdenyisthatbluesyfeelingthathitsyoueitherfromitsdramaticmelodyoritschromaticharmony.Althoughthe
harmonyofthebluesischromatic,itsoundsgoodinotherstyles,especiallygospelandjazz.
Youllbelearningaboutthechromaticharmonyoftheblues,butbeforeweproceed,letstalkaboutbluesmusic.

AShortNoteOnBluesMusic
TheculturaloriginofbluesmusicisfromAfroAmericanswholiveinthesouthernpartoftheUnitedStatesofAmerica.
Althoughnobodycantellyouwhenbluesmusicstartedprecisely,itwasusedinthe19thcenturyasamediumofexpression.Theslowanddramaticnatureoftheblues
madeiteffectiveintheexpressionofmelancholy.
Oneofthedistinctfeaturesofbluesmusicisits12barform,whichhasseveralvariationsandextendedformslikethe16barblues,24barbluesetc.
Bluesmusiccanbevocal,instrumentalorboth,featuringinstrumentslikethebanjo,guitar,piano,etc.,andhasinfluencedavarietyofotherpopularmusicstyles
especiallygospelandjazz.
SuggestedReading:JazzBluesForm,BassLines,Licks,AndCrossoverLicks.

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Beforeweproceedintothechromaticharmonyoftheblues,letsexpoundonthebluenoteandscales.

TheBlueNotes
BluesmusicinitscradleagewaspracticedbymusiciansofAfricandescent,whoincorporatednotesfromtheAfricanscalesystem.Thesenotessoundslightlyoutof
tunecomparedwiththenotes(akapitches)oninstrumentslikethepianoandguitarandwerecalledbluenotesbecauseofthefeelingstheyconvey.
AlthoughbluenotescannotbeplayedwithEuropeaninstruments,therearenotesonthepianothatareclosertoitspitch.Noteslike:
theb3
theb5
theb7
inanymajorkeyaretheclosesttothebluenotes,consequently,theyareconsideredasbluenotes.
InthekeyofC:

thebluenotesareEb,Gb,andBb:

whicharetheb3,b5,andtheb7tonesrespectively.
SuggestedReading:OneOfTheSimplestMethodsToDetermineBlueNotesInAnyKey.

TheBluesScale
Anotheruniquefeatureofthebluesisitsscale.HeresatypicalbluesscaleinthekeyofC:

Inadditiontothebluenotes:

whicharetheb3,b5,andtheb7tonesofthemajorscale,thebluescalecontainsthe1st,4th,and5th:

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tonesofthemajorscale.
Althoughthebluesscaleisusedinthemajorkey,itfitsinperfectlyintotheminorkey.Thedistance(akainterval)betweenthefirstandthirdtoneoftheminor
pentatonicbluesscaleisaminorthird.
UsingtheCminorpentatonicscale:

asanexample,youcanseethattheintervalbetweenthefirstandthethirdtone(CandEbrespectively):

ofaminorpentatonicscaleisaminorthirdinterval.
Besidesthat,thebluesscaleandtheminorpentatonicscalearecloselyrelated.ThedifferencebetweentheCbluesscale:

andtheCminorpentatonicscale:

istheGbnote:

Notwithstandingtherelationshipbetweentheminorpentatonicbluesscaleandtheminorkey,it(thebluesscale)isusedinthemajorkey.Themixtureoftonalities(major
andminor)resultsinanunpleasantrelationshipbetweennotes(dissonance.)

TheTraditionalHarmonyOfBluesMusic
Intraditionalbluesmusic,primarychordsarebasicallyused(thatschordofthefirst,fourthandfifthdegrees).

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InthekeyofC:

wehaveC:

F:

andG:

asthefirst,fourth,andfifthdegrees,consequently,theCmajor:

Fmajor:

andGmajor:

triadsareusedtoharmonizeinbluesmusic.Dominantchordsofthefirst,fourth,andfifthdegreesarenotleftout.Forexample,theCdominantseventhchord:

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theFdominantchord:

andtheGdominantchord:

areusedinbluesmusictomaketheharmonyricherandbluesier.
Inanutshell,bluesharmonyconsistsoftriadsanddominantseventhchordsofthefirst,fourthandfifthdegrees.However,weregoingbeyondthetraditionalharmonyof
thebluesscaleinthislesson.Readon!

TheChromaticHarmonyOfTheBluesScale
Thechromaticharmonyofthebluesscalecanbeunderstoodasacollectionofdominantchords,formedoneveryscaletoneofthebluesscale.UsingtheCpentatonic
bluesscale:

asareference,herearethedominantseventhchordsofthebluesinthekeyofCmajor:
Cdom7
Ebdom7
Fdom7
Gbdom7
Gdom7
Bbdom7
Cdom7
CheckThemOut
OnthefirsttoneofthebluesscaleistheCdom7chord:

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OnthethirdtoneofthebluesscaleistheFdom7chord:

OnthefourthtoneofthebluesscaleistheGbdom7chord:

OnthefifthtoneofthebluesscaleistheGdom7chord:

OnthesixthtoneofthebluesscaleistheBbdom7chord:

andbacktothefirsttoneofthebluesscalewiththeCdom7chord:

Puttingallthesechordstogethershouldgiveyouaperspectivetothechromaticharmonyoftheblues.
Inadditiontothedominantchordsofthefirst,fourth,andfifthdegrees,arethedominantchordsoftheb3rd,b5th,andb7thtones.

HarmonizationOfTheBluesScale
Thebluesscalecanbeharmonizedusingthedominantseventhchordswelearnedinthelastsegment.Toharmonizethebluesscale,playthefirstinversionofthe
dominantseventhchords.

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Forexample,thefirstinversionoftheCdominantseventhchord:

harmonizesC:

ThefirstinversionoftheEbdominantseventhchord:

harmonizesEb:

ThefirstinversionoftheFdominantseventhchord:

harmonizesF:

ThefirstinversionoftheGbdominantseventhchord:

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ThefirstinversionoftheGdominantseventhchord:

harmonizesG:

ThefirstinversionoftheBbdominantseventhchord:

harmonizesBb:
ThefirstinversionoftheCdominantseventhchord:

harmonizesC:

FinalWords
Doyourbesttopracticethechromaticharmonyofthebluesscaleinalltwelvekeys.Thanksforthetimeyouinvestedinreadingthisblogandseeyouinanotherlesson.
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