BARS 1 - 8 : Derived from Hungarian minor scale
Scale tones (enharmonic tones in parentheses):
A, B, C, D#(Eb), E, F, G#(Ab)
Chord progression, built from Hungarian minor:
|Am - - - |F - - - |E - B7(b5) - |E - - - |
|Am - - - |E - - - |Am - F7 - |E - - - |
BARS 9 - 16 : Derived from Phrygian major (Harmonic minor, mode 5)
Scale tones (enharmonic tones in parentheses):
A, A#(Bb), C#(Db), D, E, F, G
Chord progression, built from Phrygian major:
|A7 - - - |Dm - - - |Gm - Bb - |A7 - Edim7 - |
|A7 - - - |Dm - - - |Gm - Bb - |A7 - Edim7 - |
BARS 17 - 28 : Derived from Chromatic scale ("Altered blues scale")
Scale tones (enharmonic tones in parentheses):
A, A#(Bb), B, C, C#(Db), D, D#(Eb), E, F, F#(Gb), G, G#(Ab)
Chord progression (typical "12-bar blues"):
|A7 - D9 - |A7 - - - |A7 - D9 - |A7 - - - |
|D9 - - - |D9 - - - |A7 - D9 - |A7 - - - |
|E9 - - - |E9 - - - |A7 - D9 - |A7 - E9 - |
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