English Dictionary

blues scale

名詞

(music) A minor hexatonic scale originating in the American musical genre blues, consisting of tonic, minor third, fourth, diminished fifth, fifth, and minor seventh, in which notes, particularly the minor third, fourth, diminished fifth, and minor seventh may be bent. It can also be called the minor blues scale when distinguishing it from its only other functional mode the major blues scale.

日本語の意味

ブルース・スケールとは、アメリカのブルース音楽に起源を持つマイナー六音音階で、通常、根音、短三度、四度、減五度、五度、短七度から構成され、特に短三度、四度、減五度、短七度の音がベンドされることが特徴です。

She practiced the blues scale until she could bend the minor third and diminished fifth with ease.

彼女は、トニック、短三度、四度、減五度、五度、短七度からなるブルース音階（特に短三度や四度、減五度、短七度をベンドできるようにするもの）を、短三度と減五度を自在にベンドできるまで練習した。

意味（1）

(music) A minor hexatonic scale originating in the American musical genre blues, consisting of tonic, minor third, fourth, diminished fifth, fifth, and minor seventh, in which notes, particularly the minor third, fourth, diminished fifth, and minor seventh may be bent. It can also be called the minor blues scale when distinguishing it from its only other functional mode the major blues scale.

blues scales （ plural ）