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==Blues scale== {{Main|Blues scale}} The blues scale is so named for its use of [[blue note]]s. Since blue notes are alternate inflections, strictly speaking there can be no one blues scale,<ref>J. Bradford Robinson/Barry Kernfeld. "Blue Note", ''The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz'', Second Edition, London (2002)</ref> but the scale most commonly called "the blues scale" comprises the [[Pentatonic scale#Minor pentatonic scale|minor pentatonic scale]] and an additional flat 5th scale degree: C E{{music|flat}} F G{{music|flat}} G B{{music|flat}} C.<ref>[[Jim Ferguson|Ferguson, Jim]] (2000). ''All Blues Scale for Jazz Guitar: Solos, Grooves & Patterns'', p.6. {{ISBN|0-7866-5213-6}}.</ref><ref name="Arnold">Arnold, Bruce (2002). ''The Essentials: Chord Charts, Scales and Lead Patterns for Guitar'', p.8. {{ISBN|1-890944-94-7}}.</ref><ref>Harrison, Mark (2003). ''Blues Piano: Hal Leonard Keyboard Style Series'', p.8. {{ISBN|0-634-06169-0}}.</ref><!-- Ferguson is the main reference. --> : <score sound="1"> { \override Score.TimeSignature #'stencil = ##f \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \tempo 1 = 120 \relative c' { \cadenzaOn c1 es f ges g bes \bar "|" c } } </score>
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