Why does this tune sound "Bluesy" and yet doesnt belong to the blues scale
Watch this video between 00:00 and 2:33.
All the single notes he plays seems to belong to the blues scale. Yet, there are three notes he plays during those first 2 minutes and a half that don't belong within blues scale and yet sound Bluesy. Can anyone therefore explain which other scale he is picking from?
The specific three notes I'm referring to are:
String 3 1st Fret (Played at 1:32 and again at 2:19)
String 2 2nd Fret (Played at 2:26)
String 1 4th Fret (Played at 2:27)
My only explanation are that they are "snippets" from the Dorian mode of the Major scale as I have read the Dorian mode is the only other Bluesy sounding scale.
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There are two blues scales - two sets of notes which are usually used to play blues. The minor blues, which far more people seem to know, and the major blues.
Those notes are from the major blues scale/s and tend to sweeten things up a little, all of them being major thirds of the chords used in blues.
Haven't listened, but the G# note 1,4 and 3,1 (in your language!) are maj 3s of E, while 2,2 is maj 3 of A.
Good blues players will frequently mix the two sets of notes, which adds a heck of a lot more colour and interest to their playing. That maj 3 sounds good when the min 3 is played first, then bent up into the maj 3.
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