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Blues run

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Agility, riffs and runs · Advanced · Pop and R&B, Gospel, Rock, Jazz

Blues run

The minor pentatonic with the blue note (the sharpened 4th). It is the vocabulary of blues, rock and soul riffs, sung down and then back up.

How to do it

  1. Slow first: hear the blue note rub before it resolves.
  2. Down the run, rest, then up.
  3. Keep the blue note light; it passes through.

Remember Let the blue note rub, then move on.

In G minor, the first rep
Numbers1′ ♭7 5 ♭5 4 ♭3 1 1 ♭3 4 ♯4 5 ♭7 1′
SargamṠ N̲ P M̍ M G̲ S S G̲ M M̍ P N̲ Ṡ
Solfado te sol se fa me do do me fa fi sol te do
NotesG F D D♭ C B♭ G G B♭ C C♯ D F G
Sung onooh – – – – – – ooh – – – – – –

Where it comes from

  • NSM original

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