February 14, 2001 | No comments
C Blues Nine-Note Piano Scale
First, let’s take a look and learn how to play the C Blues Nine-Note Scale on your piano. To do this, play the following notes in ascending manner (from left to right, on your piano keyboard): C D Eb E F Gb G A Bb C.
This musical scale has 9 pitches per octave, and so it said to belong to the group of the Nonatonic or “Ennatonic” piano Scales. For the non-music experts, this means that this scale simply belongs to the Nine-note piano Scales, or Nine-tone piano Scales , as dozens of many other piano scales do.
How to Play the C Blues Nine-Note Scale on the Piano
The C Blues Nine-Note scale has 3 accidentals, and so you encounter this scale on music sheet you will see this scale written with a key signature that contains has a total of 3 flats and 3 sharps .
On the piano, it is much easier to visualize it, as this scale is made up of uses 6 white keys and 3 black keys on the piano keyboard. The white keys that you will play will be the C, D, E, F, G, and A notes and the black keys will be the D# / Eb, E# / Fb, and G# / Ab notes. Remember that D# & Eb, E# & Fb, and G# & Ab are the same keys on the piano keyboard, that is, even they have different names they correspond to the same piano keys (they are called ‘enharmonic’ equivalents)
Harmonic Analysis of the C Blues Nine-Note Scale
If we analyze the C Blues Nine-Note Scale it is clear to see that it belongs to the group of Minor Scales as the C and Eb notes form a Minor Third Interval, which gives it a melancholic and dark tint. It is also considered to be a Modal scale, meaning that it is tonal center is not based on C. Scales that are modal are usually used in ethnic music.
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