Chords for How to Play a Jazz Piano Solo with 3 Easy Blues Scales
Tempo:
93.675 bpm
Chords used:
Cm
Fm
C
Gm
Gb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
[Gb] As I [Eb] said in part 1 of this lesson, you can survive a C [G] blues solo [Gb] using only the notes
from the C blues [C] scale, but that'll get [Gb] pretty old pretty [N] fast.
A basic C blues starts out in C, but changes to F and G as well.
Naturally, the next step is to explore the F and G blues scales so that we have more
notes to choose from as we solo our way through the progression.
The blues scale of any key consists of the root, flat third, fourth, flat fifth, fifth,
and flat seventh.
So the C blues [C] scale is C, [Eb] Eb, [F] F, [Gb] Gb, [G] G, [Bb] and Bb.
[Cm] The [B] F blues scale is [F] F, [Ab] Ab, [Bb] Bb, [B] B, [C] C, and [Eb] Eb.
[Bb] [Cm] [Fm] [B] The G blues scale [G] is G, [Bb] Bb, [C] C, [Db] Db.
[G] [F]
[Bb] [Ebm] First we're going to lay down a bass line.
We'll keep the same rhythm as last time, but instead of just going [E] up and down the [C] octave
on one note, let's make it a little more interesting and play triads instead.
For this demonstration, we're going to play a minor blues, so instead of playing the basic
C major triad, we're going to flat the [Eb] third, making it into a C minor triad.
[F] Here's the [Fm] F minor triad, and [Gm] here's the G minor triad.
Using these triads, we'll play a C minor blues bass line.
[Ab] Start [E] out on C [Cm] minor,
[Fm] go up to F minor, [Cm] back down to C minor, [Gm] up to G minor, [Fm] F minor, [Cm] C
minor, [Gb] G [Cm] minor, and back to C minor.
We're going to keep this bass line going with the left hand.
With the right hand, we're going to play a solo using notes from the blues scale of whatever
key we're in.
Let's try it out.
[Fm]
[Cm] [Gm]
[Fm] [Cm] [Gm] [Cm]
I'm Drew Roberts, and this is Making Music Magazine.
Thanks for watching.
[Fm] [Cm] [Gm]
[Fm] [Cm] [Gm] [Cm]
[Gb] As I [Eb] said in part 1 of this lesson, you can survive a C [G] blues solo [Gb] using only the notes
from the C blues [C] scale, but that'll get [Gb] pretty old pretty [N] fast.
A basic C blues starts out in C, but changes to F and G as well.
Naturally, the next step is to explore the F and G blues scales so that we have more
notes to choose from as we solo our way through the progression.
The blues scale of any key consists of the root, flat third, fourth, flat fifth, fifth,
and flat seventh.
So the C blues [C] scale is C, [Eb] Eb, [F] F, [Gb] Gb, [G] G, [Bb] and Bb.
[Cm] The [B] F blues scale is [F] F, [Ab] Ab, [Bb] Bb, [B] B, [C] C, and [Eb] Eb.
[Bb] [Cm] [Fm] [B] The G blues scale [G] is G, [Bb] Bb, [C] C, [Db] Db.
[G] [F]
[Bb] [Ebm] First we're going to lay down a bass line.
We'll keep the same rhythm as last time, but instead of just going [E] up and down the [C] octave
on one note, let's make it a little more interesting and play triads instead.
For this demonstration, we're going to play a minor blues, so instead of playing the basic
C major triad, we're going to flat the [Eb] third, making it into a C minor triad.
[F] Here's the [Fm] F minor triad, and [Gm] here's the G minor triad.
Using these triads, we'll play a C minor blues bass line.
[Ab] Start [E] out on C [Cm] minor,
[Fm] go up to F minor, [Cm] back down to C minor, [Gm] up to G minor, [Fm] F minor, [Cm] C
minor, [Gb] G [Cm] minor, and back to C minor.
We're going to keep this bass line going with the left hand.
With the right hand, we're going to play a solo using notes from the blues scale of whatever
key we're in.
Let's try it out.
[Fm]
[Cm] [Gm]
[Fm] [Cm] [Gm] [Cm]
I'm Drew Roberts, and this is Making Music Magazine.
Thanks for watching.
[Fm] [Cm] [Gm]
[Fm] [Cm] [Gm] [Cm]
Key:
Cm
Fm
C
Gm
Gb
Cm
Fm
C
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] As I [Eb] said in part 1 of this lesson, you can survive a C [G] blues solo [Gb] using only the notes
from the C blues [C] scale, but that'll get [Gb] pretty old pretty [N] fast.
A basic C blues starts out in C, but changes to F and G as well.
Naturally, the next step is to explore the F and G blues scales so that we have more
notes to choose from as we solo our way through the progression.
The blues scale of any key consists of the root, flat third, fourth, flat fifth, fifth,
and flat seventh.
So the C blues [C] scale is C, [Eb] Eb, [F] F, [Gb] Gb, [G] G, [Bb] and Bb.
[Cm] _ The [B] F blues scale is [F] F, [Ab] Ab, _ [Bb] Bb, [B] B, [C] C, and [Eb] Eb.
[Bb] _ [Cm] _ [Fm] [B] The G blues scale [G] is G, [Bb] Bb, [C] C, [Db] Db.
[G] _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ [Ebm] First we're going to lay down a bass line.
We'll keep the same rhythm as last time, but instead of just going [E] up and down the [C] octave
on one note, _ let's make it a little more interesting and play triads instead.
For this demonstration, we're going to play a minor blues, so instead of playing the basic
C major triad, we're going to flat the [Eb] third, making it into a C minor triad.
[F] Here's the [Fm] F minor triad, and [Gm] here's the G minor triad.
_ _ Using these triads, we'll play a C minor blues bass line.
[Ab] Start [E] out on C [Cm] minor, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] go up to F minor, [Cm] back down to C minor, _ [Gm] up to G minor, [Fm] F minor, _ [Cm] C
minor, [Gb] G [Cm] minor, and back to C minor.
We're going to keep this bass line going with the left hand.
With the right hand, we're going to play a solo using notes from the blues scale of whatever
key we're in.
Let's try it out. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _ _
I'm Drew Roberts, and this is Making Music Magazine.
Thanks for watching.
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gb] As I [Eb] said in part 1 of this lesson, you can survive a C [G] blues solo [Gb] using only the notes
from the C blues [C] scale, but that'll get [Gb] pretty old pretty [N] fast.
A basic C blues starts out in C, but changes to F and G as well.
Naturally, the next step is to explore the F and G blues scales so that we have more
notes to choose from as we solo our way through the progression.
The blues scale of any key consists of the root, flat third, fourth, flat fifth, fifth,
and flat seventh.
So the C blues [C] scale is C, [Eb] Eb, [F] F, [Gb] Gb, [G] G, [Bb] and Bb.
[Cm] _ The [B] F blues scale is [F] F, [Ab] Ab, _ [Bb] Bb, [B] B, [C] C, and [Eb] Eb.
[Bb] _ [Cm] _ [Fm] [B] The G blues scale [G] is G, [Bb] Bb, [C] C, [Db] Db.
[G] _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ [Ebm] First we're going to lay down a bass line.
We'll keep the same rhythm as last time, but instead of just going [E] up and down the [C] octave
on one note, _ let's make it a little more interesting and play triads instead.
For this demonstration, we're going to play a minor blues, so instead of playing the basic
C major triad, we're going to flat the [Eb] third, making it into a C minor triad.
[F] Here's the [Fm] F minor triad, and [Gm] here's the G minor triad.
_ _ Using these triads, we'll play a C minor blues bass line.
[Ab] Start [E] out on C [Cm] minor, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] go up to F minor, [Cm] back down to C minor, _ [Gm] up to G minor, [Fm] F minor, _ [Cm] C
minor, [Gb] G [Cm] minor, and back to C minor.
We're going to keep this bass line going with the left hand.
With the right hand, we're going to play a solo using notes from the blues scale of whatever
key we're in.
Let's try it out. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _ _
I'm Drew Roberts, and this is Making Music Magazine.
Thanks for watching.
[Fm] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[Fm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _ _