Blues Lesson Songwriting
Author: Jimmy Kachulis
Berklee College of Music faculty and successful songwriter Jimmy Kachulis, teaches you how to write great songs. In this lesson, he explains how a major pentatonic blues scale can be used in a melody over any major chord progression.
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