From the course: Ukulele Lessons: Fundamentals
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Transposing the blues and the minor pentatonic scale
From the course: Ukulele Lessons: Fundamentals
Transposing the blues and the minor pentatonic scale
- We played the 12-bar blues in A. Now let's use roman numerals to play the 12-bar blues in the key of C. Here's example 71. One, two, three, four. One. (playing music) Four. One. Four. One. Five. Four. One. And five. Now let's review movable chord forms, dominant seventh chord forms in the key of C. First the C7. The F7. And the G. These are the primary chords in the key of C. Let's use these movable chord forms to play the 12-bar blues in the key of C. One, two, three, four. (playing music) Using movable chord forms makes it very easy to transpose. If I wanted to play the 12-bar blues in C, in D, all I have to do is move everything up a whole step, which is the equivalent of two frets. We learned the minor pentatonic scale in A. Now let's play it in C minor. Here's example 72. Ready, and. (playing music)
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