The next step in learning to distinguish major from minor is learning to hear the difference between major and minor scales. A scale is a collection of tones arranged in a particular order. This ...

There are two big clues that we can use to hear the difference between major and minor scales. The most obvious difference is found in the upper part of the scale, between notes five and eight. In ...

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 ...

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#.

and natural minor scale (1-2-b3-4-5-b6-b7), also known as Aeolian mode. There are other scales, such as the Dorian mode (1-2-b3-4-5-6-b7), but the minor pentatonic and natural minor are the ones ...

The minor pentatonic is good enough for players including Angus Young, Slash, Eric Clapton, Jack White and Zakk Wylde so it;s good enough for us! And if the idea of learning a scale is off-putting ...