The Byzantine, also referred to as the double harmonic scale, has a formula of R-b2-3-4-5-b6-7 and makes for an interesting alternative to the major scale when soloing over major 7th chords.

C - 2 frets - D - 2 frets - E - 1 fret - F - 2 frets - G - 2 frets - A - 2 frets - B - 1 fret - C. You might well already know that the word ‘tone’ means a two-fret gap. What this means is you can ...

Try moving down a fret to work out the notes of B major. 2. Play the three notes at once. Learning chord notes from the scale we've just looked at has one problem: the 3rd and 5th intervals are on the ...

This bright but unusual sounding mode became popular among shredders after Joe Satriani and Steve Vai used it in the 80s. Here, Stuart Ryan explains what gives the Lydian mode its signature sound ...