What is a “blues scale”?
a. a five-note scale found often in folk music and non-Western music
b. a seven-note scale in which the third, fifth, and seventh pitches are sometimes flat, sometimes natural, and
sometimes in between
c. a six-note scale wherein each pitch is a whole tone away from the next
d. a musical process in which all of the scales move in the same direction, and at the same intervals, for a period
of time
e. a seven-note scale that suggests melancholy emotions
ANSWER: b
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