Is a Blues in A really in A?

@sly Thanks well played and rather thought provoking. I have not embraced modes, (although I slipped in Mixo earlier I only worked that one out this week) I probably do play modes though. The jazz improv that I did on my jazz learning log was straight off the top of my head and dragged from my memory bank somewhere. No idea what I played but a lot of blues based pentatonic probably. Defo not jazz. I did manage to throw in one Cmaj7 arpeggio via conscious effort.

Your style of music is not something I’m au fait with at the moment. I’m firmly steeped in blues progressions and particularly late 60’s early 70’s British blues players. Branching into more jazzy blues has made me look at what I already know from a theory perspective and particularly how to play the changes. I guess I better re-enrol and finish PMT!

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