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02/08/2007 3:15 pm
Originally Posted by: SnowRoseHi all, I'm trying to strengthen my music theory in soloing over scales, especially at my church where I play for Sunday Worship.
If the notes in C Major = A minor
What is the equivalent to C Blues Scale?

Ok, I always find this a sensitive subject to handle, because if it comes across the wrong way, it can throw off your entire sense of music theory.

C major has the same notes as A minor, yes, but they're not the same scale. Let's say someone's playing a C major progression. If you play the licks you normally solo with in A minor, they're going to sound very strange and out of place because they emphasize notes which one would not normally emphasize in C major. Understand?

It seems you do, since you phrased it "The notes in C major = A minor," which is great because normally people say "C major = A minor," which is not true.

C Blues, I assume you mean C-Eb-F-Gb-G-Bb-C, the minor pentatonic plus that flat fifth? It's actually the relative minor of (aka same notes as), I believe, the Eb Major blues scale, Eb-F-Gb-G-Bb-C-Eb.
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