Editing Blues scale (section)

==Usage==

{{Quote|Hit songs in a blues key include, "Rock Me"..., "[[Jumpin' Jack Flash]]"..., "Higher Ground"..., "[[Purple Haze]]"..., "[[I Can See for Miles]]"..., "[[After Midnight (J. J. Cale song)|After Midnight]]"..., "[[She's a Woman]]"..., "[[Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress]]"..., "[[Pink Cadillac (song)|Pink Cadillac]]"..., "[[Give Me One Reason]]"..., and many others.<ref name="Workshop">Kachulis, Jimmy (2004). ''The Songwriter's Workshop'', p.41. Berklee Press. {{ISBN|9781476867373}}</ref>}}

In [[jazz]], the blues scale is used by improvising musicians in a variety of harmonic contexts. It can be played for the entire duration of a twelve bar blues progression constructed off the root of the first dominant seventh chord. For example, a C hexatonic blues scale could be used to improvise a solo over a C blues chord progression. The blues scale can also be used to improvise over a minor chord. Jazz educator [[Jamey Aebersold]] describes the sound and feel of the blues scale as "funky," "down-home," "earthy," or "bluesy."<ref>[[Jamey Aebersold|Aebersold, J.]] (1967). ''How to Play Jazz and Improvise: Volume One''. {{ISBN|9781562241223}}.</ref>{{page missing|date=August 2019}}