How to Play the C Blues Scale on Piano

This video shows you how to play the C Blues Scale on the Piano; and explains how it relates to the C scale and the C chord. Presented by Suzannah Doyle. http://suzdoyle.com

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Education

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• learn
• play
• Blues
• scale
• piano

[Beefyous]

the triangle shape thing worked well, i feel like a 8yr old though.

[SuzDoyleMusic]

@Beefyous Well, just consider that I'm teaching the child within. :-) Glad you found the lesson helpful! Suz

[delly659]

"I'm sure that's the technical term" I laughed my ass off hahaha

[SuzDoyleMusic]

@delly659 Hehehe. Glad you laughed! Life is too short not to have some fun in things!

[SuzDoyleMusic]

@bluenoteinc Everything on piano does apply to organ (except the organ also has bass notes played by the feet). Can you clarify your question a bit? When in a given key (e.g. "C", in which chords 1, 4 and 5 are C, F and G), you could either use the C Blues scale for all 3 chords, or each individual blues scale (C Blues F Blues, etc.) with each chord when it is played. :-)

[bluenoteinc]

@bluenoteinc Thank you for your response. Question: I have watched several videos related to the "blues scale" (in different key's), which ones are played the most? Also; I am learning the piano and organ at the same time, do the lessons apply to both instruments? Again, thank you!

[SuzDoyleMusic]

@bluenoteinc Thanks for your kind comments. A video with improv sounds like a great idea. I'll see what I can do. Meanwhile, the biggest trick is to choose a few notes (the 1 b3 and b7 work the best), create a pattern, repeat the pattern (3 x), then change the pattern to something different. Land on notes 1, b3 and 7 on the most important beats (beats 1 and 3) to ground it into the key. :-)

[bluenoteinc]

Thank you very much for sharing. You have a very calming voice. Your imagery related to the "shape" are very helpful. Would you share some insight into improvisation (play some examples). I hope that you continue to make more videos. Again; thank you very much.

[SuzDoyleMusic]

@Silas150 Thanks! Glad you found it helpful. Have fun playing the blues! :-)

[SuzDoyleMusic]

@Silas150 Hi Silas. The C minor Pentatonic scale has all the same notes as the C blues scale EXCEPT FOR the F# note. So it has: C Eb F G Bb C. Guitarists find this scale particularly effective for using when soloing, although they can also use the full blues scale (which includes the F# note). Jazz music uses lots of different scales, depending on what key you are in. I recommend "Patterns for Jazz" by Coker, Baker etc. or any of the Jimmy Aebersold books for jazz info. Enjoy

[Silas150]

two questions whats the difference between the C Blue scale and the C Minor Pentatonic Scale? i heard this was the same. also what scale would you play Jazz music in?