Use the Altered Scale to Add 'Outside' Sounds to the Blues

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Today we take at look at some simple licks derived from the altered scale. I'll show you 3 simple licks and how to apply them to your solos over a 12 bar blues.

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another cool and sometimes easier way to get this idea is to think of the altered scale as being the same as playing the minor melodic scale from the b2nd (minor melodic C in the case of going from B to E)

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