The Hungarian Gypsy is our next minor scale and is very dark sounding, with its formula of R-2-b3-#4-5-b6-7. This scale is great for composing sinister-sounding riffs and licks, and has been used ...

The most common application of the Melodic Minor scale is in jazz, where it works great over Minor II-V-I progressions; it’s also good over Minor 6th and Major 7th chords. As an aside it’s ...

Guitar skills: We’re always harping on about the minor pentatonic scale. This essential scale is the most frequently used set of notes in rock, blues, country, metal, funk and even jazz lead guitar.

Ex. 3 features a line using the scale as may be played in a blue jazz setting. From looking at the tab, you may notice the minor pentatonic (shape one). Indeed, lurking within the G Lydian Augmented ...

It may be the most ubiquitous scale in the world and arguably the oldest. Anywhere in the world, when someone carves a flute, plucks a string or twangs a piece of metal they inevitably stumble into ...

The derivation of chordscales for minor ii-V-i progressions is less straightforward than with major ii-V-Is. Each minor key has three scales whereas each major key has just one. In this lesson, watch ...