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The D Blues Scale Get started jamming out on the blues in (written) D today! Remember that if you are playing a b-flat trumpet, the written pitch is whole step above the sounded pitch. This means that a written D actually sounds as a concert C. So you can use the D blues scale to…
Why you need to learn the C Blues Scale Learning the blues scale in the key of ‘C’ is fun and will help you to infuse a hip sound into your trumpet playing. Check out the video of Basing Street Blues (below) and notice how the soloist, James Morrison is using the sounds of the…
Remember that the natural minor scale is sometimes thought of as the major scale beginning on the sixth degree. For example: C major and A minor share the same key signature (no sharps or flats!), with A being the sixth note of the C major scale. Of course, in the reverse, C is the third…