Another Blues note is the fifth scale degree (B in the Key of E). These notes give the music the distinctive Blues sound. Out of this basic framework black musicans have created over the years the ...

Now, one could easily play licks based on the F blues scale (F, Ab, Bb, B, C, Eb ... I begin over F7 with a simple melody based on F major pentatonic (F, G, A, C, D). In bar 2, I set up the ...