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Traditionally, melodic phrases have favoured small interval based lines using adjacent strings, moving fret by fret, string by string. This yields wonderfully musical results.

Also, although the melodic intervals are different, the “Wa-oh-wa-oh” syllables surely have more recent roots in the Buggles song “Video Killed the Radio Star”: ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Douglas Elbinger/Getty Images The Melodic Minor scale was used by Paul McCartney the ...