Funk & Soul Piano Scales
Funk and soul keyboard parts are rhythmic before they are melodic, so the scales involved are the ones that stay usable over a single vamp for minutes at a time. Dorian over a minor 7th chord and the minor pentatonic over anything at all are the two that do most of the work.
24 scales carry this tag, across 2 scale types: minor pentatonic, dorian. Each one has its notes spelled for that key, a fingering worked out for that key, and a piano you can play it on.
Minor Pentatonic Scales
The go-to scale for blues and rock. Raw and soulful.
Dorian Scales
A cool minor mode popular in jazz, funk, and Latin music.
C
C – D – Eb – F – G – A – Bb
C#
C# – D# – E – F# – G# – A# – B
D
D – E – F – G – A – B – C
Eb
Eb – F – Gb – Ab – Bb – C – Db
E
E – F# – G – A – B – C# – D
F
F – G – Ab – Bb – C – D – Eb
F#
F# – G# – A – B – C# – D# – E
G
G – A – Bb – C – D – E – F
G#
G# – A# – B – C# – D# – E# – F#
A
A – B – C – D – E – F# – G
Bb
Bb – C – Db – Eb – F – G – Ab
B
B – C# – D – E – F# – G# – A
Other tags
The same 120 scales, sorted a different way.
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