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Old September 3rd, 2008, 04:54 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by msteurbaut View Post
Blues players didn't think in terms of scales.
maybe some didn't, but some do. blues is a living thing, not just something of the past.

scales, arpeggios, chords--they're all just ways of navigating the fretboard. i'm not sure what your post is implying, but you certainly can play the blues and use scales as your mode of thinking.
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