Listening

Listening

Can you play what you hear?

 The blues pentascale is distinguished by the use of the flattened third & fifth of the major pentascale.                                                   

C blues pentascale     
  • You will hear only the notes of the blues pentascales of F, Bb, or Eb.
  • Listen to each pattern until you can accurately sing it.
  • Play back the phrases that you hear, alternating one-bar patterns with the performer on the audio file. This may require repeated listening!
  • Warning! The phrase that you hear may not begin on the tonic note.
  • Click an aural playback track to begin. At the beginning of the audio, you will hear the blues scale. This will help you orient to the key.