If the mention of scales conjures frightening flashbacks of instrumental lessons undertaken in your youth, you won’t be alone ...

In this feature we will focus on six scales, three minor and three major, all of which have their own intervallic DNA, with unique sounds and unusual chordal possibilities.

The minor version of the pentatonic scale is formed in a similar way to its major cousin, but by omitting two notes from the natural minor scale. The missing two notes in a minor pentatonic are the ...

No-one plays the blues like Buddy Guy – but that doesn't stop us trying. We look at four ways the blues icon approaches his ...

Why are Minor Chords Perceived as “Sad”? Part 1 article by Kurt Ellenberger, published on July 8, 2025 at All About Jazz.

Relative major and relative minor The terms relative major and relative minor are used to described two keys and scales which share all the same notes and the same key signature.

The Minor has not been approved yet and it is unlikely that it will be approved in time for Spring 2025 graduates to be able to declare the Minor. The Minor will go into effect the same time as the ...

Chords can be understood as combinations of notes played at the same time, derived from all of the major and minor scales, and they are the fundamental basis of keys.

This is why the major-minor scale system is much more stable, robust, and imbued with greater harmonic potential than the Lydian mode, or any of the other modes. 6 Compare the chords in Lydian with ...

If you are writing a melody, guitar scales can be very important. The key signatures make it quick and easy to find all the major and minor keys by just looking at your Circle of Fifths.