As guitarists, we’re always looking for new sounds and inspiration, and love to explore new techniques. But if you still find yourself trapped in the confines of pentatonic and major scales, a ...

While the natural minor and other major scale modes are built on tone and semitone intervals ... the Major 7th in the key of A minor. Our A minor pentatonic and A natural minor scales by contrast ...

Obviously, if you transpose a scale to a new key, you get a new series of notes, so it’s useful to memorise the gaps between each note (aka ‘intervals’). In the minor pentatonic scale every interval .

Every player is aware of the minor pentatonic, but not everyone knows how to make the most of it. These examples – in the style of some prolific pentatonic players – will help you master the shape eve ...

Harmonic minor ... and tone - tone - semitone - tone - tone - semitone - tone descending. Harmonic minors use the relative major key signature and raise the seventh note of the scale.

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Every year, the songs that become staples on the American Top 40 charts have a tone. In 2008, that tone was pure optimism, with songs like Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” and Colbie Caillat ...

Bill Bailey, comedian and musician extraordinaire, hilariously explains his preference for the minor key in a stand-up comedy routine (watch below). Scales, which Bailey refers ... takes on the tone ...