BLU-02 Common Scales Used in Blues

About this lesson

This lesson plan will give your student three different scales they can use to improvise over a blues progression. Each scale has an in-depth explanations from the SCA series so this lesson plan focuses on how to apply the scales in different keys. Your student will learn the unique characteristics of each scale and when to apply them. This lesson should be used in combination with BLU-03 as it will show them exactly what to improvise over. If your student wants to learn the blues, this lesson plan will help them achieve a big part of playing blues.

This lesson plan will teach your student:

  • How to figure out which scales to use
  • How to improvise using multiple scales
  • How to change to different keys

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