| LearnJazzPiano.com archives: Blues scale Fingerings, both hands to be played 4 octaves | |
| mstore -- 04/07/2004, 12:50:32 -- #3360 | |
| Can anyone tell me the fingerings to the blues scale? What´s the best way to practise them? fingerings for the wholetone scale.. tell me. martin | |
| Dr. Whack -- 04/07/2004, 13:57:39 -- #3362 | |
| it's a secret....:) actually there aren't any particular fingerings for those scales as they can vary depending on how you use them. For example, you might play C Blues 1 2 3 4 1 2 3...but if you were to go two octaves you might want ot use 2 3 1 2 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 2 3...oy...but...what are the chances of you playing them step-wise like that anyway? hmmm.... | |
| mstore -- 04/08/2004, 00:46:42 -- #3373 | |
| well.., mainly because the exam im doing requires that i play the scales both hands for 4 octaves. Im mainly looking for the left hand fingerings. Martin | |
| Dr. Whack -- 04/09/2004, 09:15:27 -- #3405 | |
| well...like I said, there are no particular fingerings, just rules of "thumb" - pun intended Basically you want to keep your thumb and pinky on the white keys during a passage...it's okay to start or stop on a black with them, but then again, you should try to be as consistent as possible so your brain and fingers don't get confused... groove on:) | |
| 7 -- 04/10/2004, 22:38:46 -- #3443 | |
| ` Here's an edited and revised version of a post that I did awhile back on how to finger the C# minor pentatonic blues scale. It illustrates how to get around the three main fingering positions for a pentatonic minor blues scale. I added midi recordings of the tabbed licks to make it easier for you to hear what I mean. http://www.JeffreeBrent.com/Lessons/CsharpMinorBluesPent.html Maybe this will be useful to you (it sure is to me!) 7 | |
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