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Compiling global examples of music in the Blues Minor Scale

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1-b3-4-b5-5-b7

(C-E^b-F-G^b-G-B^b-C)

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• Blues Minor: Sounds •

Real-world examples of the scale in action:

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• General: 

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• India: Introduced to North Indian raga by Dhrupad vocalists Zia Fariduddin Dagar and Ritwik Sanyal as Raag Shrutivardhini, which, although not directly inspired by the blues, can sometimes sound remarkably close to it (e.g. Abdul Latif Khan’s sarangi rendition) – although some artists take a different approach to the scale by treating the #4 as an independent tone compared to its more ornamental function in the blues (e.g. by playing ‘b3-#4-5‘ in upward motions and ‘5-4-b3‘ in descending lines).

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• Blues Minor: More •

Features, classifiers, quirks, etc…

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[analysis: coming soon]

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—Classifiers & Quirks—

• Modes: (none in index)
• Quirks: Cohemitonic (imperfect: #4, ♮5; detached: #4)
• Names: Blues, Blues Minor, Blues Hexatonic (Western); Shrutivardhini (Hindustani)

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n.b. For more detailed geometric and mathematical analysis, refer to this scale’s entry in Ian Ring’s fantastic Exciting Universe of Music Theory project (for which I am an occasional ‘raga consultant’)

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