Blues - Six-Note

This Hexatonic (six-note) scale adds the “Blue Note” to the Mode One Pentatonic Minor scale. There are several possible ways of fingering this new note … use your ear to figure out which one you like best.

SNAFT Format

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Full Name: Mode One Blues Six-Note

Scale steps: 3-2-1-1-3-2

Video

Sound Samples

Here's a sample of the basic scale as well as a woven scale on an E minor Native American flute:

Woven Blues Six-Note Scale

Clint Goss. E minor flute of Spalted Maple by Barry Higgins.

Nakai Tablature and Notes

Possible Alternate Fingerings on Six-Hole Flutes

Possible Alternate Fingerings on Five-Hole Flutes

Woven Scale Exercise