25.8The minor pentatonic
C minor pentatonic:
C E♭ F G B♭
Formula:
1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7
This is one of your safest blues vocabularies.
Play it over C7.
Notice the conflict:
C7 contains E natural.
Scale contains E♭.
That clash is part of the blues sound.
C minor pentatonic:
C E♭ F G B♭
Formula:
1 ♭3 4 5 ♭7
This is one of your safest blues vocabularies.
Play it over C7.
Notice the conflict:
C7 contains E natural.
Scale contains E♭.
That clash is part of the blues sound.