Improvising using 3 full blues scales

So now we’re going to do a chorus of improvising using our three full blues scales. Remember the full blues scale is the Ionian scale - easy on the major seventh - and the flattened third, the flattened fifth, and the flattened seventh. So in case of F.

Easy on the major seventh, flattened third, flattened fifth, flattened seventh. In the case of C.

Easy on the seventh, flattened third, flattened fifth, flattened seventh. In the case of B flat, the Ionian scale. Easy on the major seventh, flattened third, flattened fifth, flattened seventh.

OK, so now you have your exercise for this session, which is in two parts. Playing first of all with the chords in the left hand - voiced chords in the lower position - and then the second part of the exercise, playing with chords in the upper position. So five choruses, or more if you wish, the tune for the first and last chorus, and then the first chorus improvising using just the one American blues scale. Second chorus using the three seventh scales. Third chorus using the three full blues scales. See how you get on.