Basic Music Theory: How to Read, Write, and Understand Written Music

26: Blues To Bebop and Beyond

Example 26.9 The Super Locrian scale (aka: diminished whole tone; altered).

Moving On

Now that you’ve gotten a taste of several other scales that are out there,

you can never say, “But there’s nothing to practice.”

Coming up is the chapter review, then the hefty Section review. After

that it’s on to the next Part, which is all about chords: what they are, how

to build them, chord extensions, and basic chord progressions.

Chapter 26 Review

1. What is a blue note?


2. As compared to the major scale, what are the notes
   of a standard blues scale?


3. What is a gapped scale?


4. Name at least three other types of scales.
   
   
   1. An altered note
      (usu. lowered) of
      the major scale
   
   
   2. Tonic, flat 3, 4, flat
      5, natural 5, flat 7,
      8.
   
   
   3. A scale with some
      notes removed.
   
   
   4. Super Locrian,
      Major pentatonic,
      minor pentatonic,
      Major bebop,
      minor bebop,
      dominant bebop,
   
   
   
   

Practical Use whole tone.

1. Write out the C, F, and G blues scales. Memorize them on your
   instrument. Sing them. Improvise melodies and sounds with these
   three scales.