Blah! Now that thats done, You're certainly here to lern about this incredible Blues Note thing you've seen. This note can increase the versatility of that rigid, foul pentatonic scale greatly.

In this lesson i will demonstrate the minor pentatonic "Blues note" in the G minor pentatonic scale. KNOW that this thing can be applied to ANY pentatonic scale. READ ON to learn the unholy magics that power the BLUES NOTE.

The Blues note in a minor pentatonic Scale is simply the flatted fifth (5b) of the root note. This means that in the standard G Minor Pentatonic (G, Bb, C, D, A) The Note D flat (Db) would be included. In The A minor Pentatonic, The Note E flat (Eb) would be incorporated, In the D minor Pentatonic The Note A flat (Ab) would be included, and so on.

w/o blues note

w/ blues note

One of the best ways in which to utilize this note is to bend the note before it up a half step, until the tone of the blues note is reached. You will find that this one extra note can confer much greater flexibility in the minor pentatonic scale.