You will notice that the major pentatonic scale contains the primary notes of the I6 chord voicing we have explored in previous lessons. ![]() The Pentatonic Scale & The I6 Chord Voicing In boogie-woogie, the blue notes in the blues scale are used, but they are used more as chromatic passing tones when moving to primary chord tones which we aim for as ‘landing points’. The blue notes are minor 3rd, and the flat 5, and this give it that kind of hard, gritty, bluesy sound. We can extend this basic major pentatonic scale to include the ‘blue notes’. If we take the basic major pentatonic scale, we have the following notes of the related major scale: 1-2-3-4-5-6 Although in boogie-woogie, the pentatonic scale more is more widely used. Within a particular boogie-woogie piano piece, you will find yourself using elements from both of these scales. ![]() ![]() Boogie-Woogie Scales & Improvisationīesides the standard major and minor scales, there are two scales that are more common to playing blues and boogie-woogie the blues scale and the pentatonic scale. In this lesson, we will examine the right-hand riffs and licks that make the boogie-woogie style so infectious. In the previous lessons, we have explored the history, style, basslines, voicings, rhythms, & turnarounds. Welcome to lesson 5 in this course on boogie-woogie piano.
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