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Unit 4 · The blues

The blues scale

Add the flat five to the riff's five notes to make the six-note blues scale, then sing it up and down, swung, on "bee-dah". Free, in a short sung lesson.

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What it teaches

The blues scale is the riff's five notes plus the flat five, another blue note: flat seven, do, flat three, four, flat five, five.

The riff's notes. Five you know

Plus flat five. Another blue note

Up and down. Swung, "bee-dah"

What you sing

  1. Up the blues scale and down, swung.

Singing safely

Light and easy: a loose jaw, a medium volume, the middle of your voice. Accent with breath, never the throat. Stop if anything tightens.

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