jdblues
7 posts
Aug 27, 2011
10:09 AM
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Here is a Google Doc with tabs for the blues scale in all 12 positions.
Big thanks to FreeWilly for sending me this chart!
I hope you all find this useful.
Please feel free to use this as a template to make charts for other scales as well. You won't be able to edit this version of the document but you can save a copy of it for yourself, and then edit it.
(edited to add the link)
Last Edited by on Aug 27, 2011 2:34 PM
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bharper
45 posts
Aug 27, 2011
11:20 AM
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Very cool! Thanks.
Last Edited by on Aug 28, 2011 6:34 AM
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FreeWilly
31 posts
Aug 27, 2011
12:56 PM
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Nice going J! Glad you got it online and the changes look splendid indeed!
It would be lovely if someone could fill in the missing notes and/or make charts for other scales (I'm thinking major scales/dorian mode scales etc.)! This chart started with someone here (I don't know who, I'm sorry) who did the first 8 pos. Then I added Todd Parrott's tabs to it, and now J has made it look fine and shared it. Would be lovely if we could have our own little chart-wiki going on with everybody doing some of the work!
Last Edited by on Aug 27, 2011 1:39 PM
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sorin
319 posts
Aug 27, 2011
1:25 PM
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No disrespect for the person that put all this together , but me personally I don't find it very useful. I don't get what is the use of the blues scale in 7th position. If I want to play blues I would use 2nd or third , if it's a minor song I would use 3rd or 4th , and if it is a majorish song something like 12 or 1st . I don't find any use of the blues scale in all position, anybody else feeling the same?
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REM
108 posts
Aug 27, 2011
1:44 PM
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Sorin, If your just interested in playing standard blues type music, then no, it's not really neccssary for you to learn this stuff. But if you want to learn to play other types of music that are more harmonically complex (like jazz for example), then yes, this stuff is important. You'll want to know it it so you can follow and play the more complex chord changes.
But even if you just want to play blues, learning these different positions can still be useful. Changing to different positions will allow you to explore different sounds.(the same way that 3rd position has a different sound from 2nd). So if you find yourself stuck in a rut, trying out a different position can be a great way to open up new ideas and new sounds. Lately I've been playing blues in 12th, and I've found some really cool stuff that has a different sound than playing blues in 2nd position, and I've even been able to move some of that stuff over to 2nd position. So practicing in these other positions has improved my 2nd position playing.
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