Is The Blues Scale Major Or Minor? 🤷♂️ What Kenny Burrell Told Me About The Blues
The blues scale is a 6 note scale and the sound of this scale is all over every iconic record from musicians like B.B. King, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hendrix, and so many more.
The blues scale contains a minor third, but it is often played over major chords, and of course minor chords as well.
But it's typically not played just straight on the note it's often bent. In today's video I'll share a story about a lesson I got from blues master Kenny Burrell and we'll address the question, "is the blues scale major or minor?"
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