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blues scale

blues scale noun: a minor hexatonic scale originating in the American musical genre blues, consisting of tonic, minor third, fourth, diminished fifth, fifth, and minor seventh, in which notes, particularly the minor third, fourth, diminished fifth, and minor seventh may be bent. It can also be called the minor blues scale when distinguishing it from its only other functional mode the major blues scale.

Noun

blues scale (plural blues scales)

  1. A minor hexatonic scale originating in the American musical genre blues, consisting of tonic, minor third, fourth, diminished fifth, fifth, and minor seventh, in which notes, particularly the minor third, fourth, diminished fifth, and minor seventh may be bent. It can also be called the minor blues scale when distinguishing it from its only other functional mode the major blues scale.
    • The blues scale:
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Forms of blues scale

pluralblues scales

Questions about blues scale

What does blues scale mean?
Blues scale means a minor hexatonic scale originating in the American musical genre blues, consisting of tonic, minor third, fourth, diminished fifth, fifth, and minor seventh, in which notes, particularly the minor third, fourth, diminished fifth, and minor seventh may be bent. It can also be called the minor blues scale when distinguishing it from its only other functional mode the major blues scale.
What part of speech is blues scale?
Blues scale is a noun.
What is the plural of blues scale?
The plural of blues scale is blues scales.

Words near blues scale in the dictionary

  1. bluerinse
  2. bluerinses
  3. bluers
  4. blues
  5. blues and twos
  6. blues scale
  7. blues scales
  8. blues-rock
  9. blueschist
  10. blueschists
  11. bluescreen

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