The trick is exploiting the most colourful sounding intervals in your playing, which, in the A Ionian mode, are the major 3rd (C#), major 6th (F#) and major 7th (G#).

If there's no BD, you shouldn't hear the release phase of the bend. Look at the first three notes of Example 2 below. You should bend from F# to G# and back down to F# again in one smooth motion. You ...

And, like most music theory, you’ll get the hang of how minor chords work if you’ve learned the major scale first. Check out our guides to chords and scales for more on the major scale.. This is ...