How to Play the Blues When You Don't Have Them Video 31: Soloing over ii V of IV

Here is the formula for finding the blues scale which works in this musical setting:
1. Find the target of the ii V I
In this setting that will be the IV chord in a blues.
2. Find the relative minor of the target chord.
3. That will be the blues scale you play.
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Here is an example in a C blues:
The target is the IV chord. That will be F7
The ii chord is G minor7 and the V chord is C7
The relative minor of F is D minor
The relative minor is the 6th degree of a major scale.
Play a D minor blues scale over G minor7 C7 F7
Enjoy!
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How to Play the Blues When You Don't Have Them. Mark Christopher Brandt
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