Guitar modes lesson 2: The Dorian mode is a bittersweet minor mode – here’s how it works
Robben Ford and Nile Rodgers are just two iconic fans of a mode that countless guitarists use in riffs and solos ...
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Loved by Yngwie, Santana and Slash, the harmonic minor scale is an essential part of every guitar player's vocabulary
The reason for this is that it features a major 7th interval (1-2-b3-4-5-b6-7), making it one note different from the natural minor scale. While the natural minor and other major scale modes are ...
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"You don't need to know many scales to play guitar solos – but you do need to know this one": We can show you the minor pentatonic with just three chord shapes
Just as with the C chord, Em is almost identical to a scale, this time the E minor pentatonic scale. The notes of the scale always sound good over an Em chord. The challenge with any scale-based ...
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Notation - major and minor keys, and chord symbols
Harmonic minors use the relative major key signature and raise the seventh note of the scale. For example, in A harmonic minor there are no sharps or flats other than the raised seventh of G#.
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Melody and harmony: keys, scales, modes and ornaments
The melodic minor scale is a minor scale with both the sixth and seventh notes raised by half a step, but only when ascending. In western music, modal music dates from before the use of scales and ...