It's nice to hear from people who enjoying playing music and enjoy experimenting. The flattened scale I mentioned is just the beginning. Obviously people have added variations, otherwise blues wouldn't be such a rich trove of music. St Louis Blues, for example, can't be played in that scale.

But for somebody like me, who has never actually made up or even played a bluesy tune, the flattened scale idea is a way to begin.

Birdman, I'm not surprised you are unfamiliar with my name. I am probably the only Leeneia in the world. It doesn't bother me a bit when people misspell it.

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