10 Scale Options for Improvising over The Thrill Is Gone

When it comes to minor blues jam sessions, The Thrill Is Gone is probably the first song you’ll be jamming on with your bandmates. It’s the most widely used form of minor blues. And the beauty of learning how to improvise on this song is that the concepts that you’ll learn can be applied to any other minor blues song. It’s a good foundation to have.

The blues is easy to learn but difficult to master.

Standard music theory only takes you so far and after you’ve mastered the fundamentals, you will have to break a few rules to get to a higher level. Some of the music theory you’ll learn from this course may seem unorthodox, like blues microtones and different types of hexatonic (6-note) scales. The reason is that combining hexatonic scales and microtones will give you a more open and blues-authentic sound compared to using major scale modes.

In the world of minor blues improvisation, there are also levels to it. If you’re aiming for mastery in the minor blues context, then this course is for you.