About the Blues Scales#
These two patterns, one built on D and one on G, are blues scales: a minor pentatonic with an added flattened fifth, the flat note that gives blues its bent, worried sound. Running them up and down teaches your fingers to find that blue note cleanly, since it lands on a sharp that is easy to fumble. The D pattern climbs from low D to the D an octave above and back; the G pattern is shorter. Both sit in the middle of the 6-hole ocarina’s range, which makes them a good warm-up before you tackle an actual blues tune.
Blues Scales Ocarina Tab#
| D | F | G | G# | A | C | D | C | A | G# | G | F | D |
| G | Bb | C | C# | D | C# | C | Bb | G |