How to Read & Write Blues Piano Scales in A Flat (Ab) Major

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Summary: Learn how to read and write blues scales for the piano in A flat major from our expert in this free music video on playing blues on piano in A flat (Ab) major.

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How to Read & Write Blues Piano Scales in A Flat (Ab) Major

Now we are going to go over our A flat blues form and we start right here on the one chord and we play it four four measures in our first section. First section is just one chord, one, two, three, four, two, four measures. So we're on three four, now we're going to go on to our four chord D flat seven for two measures. This is our second section which goes back to one, then we start our third section, five, four, one, so again we start on the one four, then one again. Then we end it with our five, four, one, five, four, one, and that is your blues form in A flat simple three section form running through the blues.