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Side Quest: When to Use Your Blues Scales

Blues tracks across several moods: bright and happy, slow and sad, and bluesy rock.

On a 12-bar blues, playing A major blues clashes when the harmony moves away from A. That's when A minor blues comes in.

G Lydian Backing Track

G 12-Bar Blues Backing Track

A Ukrainian Dorian Backing Track

C 12-Bar Minor Blues Backing Track

C 12-Bar Blues Backing Track

F♯ Mixolydian Backing Track

D♭ Aeolian Backing Track

E♭ Dorian Backing Track

C Major Blues Backing Track

G Ionian Backing Track

C Aeolian Backing Track

Groove

D♭ Aeolian Backing Track

D♭ 12-Bar Blues Backing Track

Groove

E 12-Bar Blues Backing Track

C Mixolydian Backing Track

D♭ Mixolydian Backing Track

A Phrygian Backing Track

B♭ Lydian Backing Track

E Major Blues Backing Track

E♭ Locrian Backing Track

F 12-Bar Blues Backing Track

B Dorian Backing Track

Groove

A Melodic Minor Backing Track

A Harmonic Minor Backing Track

D♭ Dorian Backing Track

E♭ Minor Blues Backing Track

Groove

A Dorian Backing Track

B Harmonic Minor Backing Track

C 12-Bar Minor Blues Backing Track

G Major Blues Backing Track

C 12-Bar Minor Blues Backing Track

A Aeolian Backing Track

Groove

C Ionian Backing Track

A Aeolian Backing Track

A♭ Ionian Backing Track

E 12-Bar Blues Backing Track

F♯ Aeolian Backing Track

Groove

A♭ Lydian Backing Track

Groove

E Ionian Backing Track

E Minor Blues Backing Track

C Lydian Backing Track

F♯ Ionian Backing Track

G 12-Bar Blues Backing Track

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