For the Key of A, the blues scale formula gives us these notes: You can start this sequence from an E note and you’ll end up with these notes:įor purposes of Sandpiper Stomp, let’s plug our root note, A, into the formula and see what we get. Where “W” is a whole-step and “H” is a half-step, the blues scale formula is: To illustrate this, we’ll look at the blues scale. You can start the pattern from a different note, but the type of scale itself will still be the same. A scale by definition is a set pattern of intervals that never change. You guessed it:Įvery scale can be expressed as a formula. The tune we learn in the course is in the Key of A and in this lesson, we go into the scale that works nicely over an A blues shuffle. This lesson is a sample from the Premium Level course called Sandpiper Stomp.
