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  • How to Play Natural, Harmonic and Melodic Minor Scales

    How to Play Natural, Harmonic and Melodic Minor Scales

    This post we’re going to be discussing three minor scales: the Natural Minor scale (Aeolian mode), the Harmonic Minor Scale, and the Melodic Minor Scale. As you probably know already from my guide on the Modes of the Major Scale, the 6th mode of the major scale is always the natural minor scale, or the…

  • Modes of the Melodic Minor Scale

    Modes of the Melodic Minor Scale

    This is a continuation from my previous guide: Modes of the Major Scale Explained! The main difference between the major scale and the melodic minor is its flat 3rd as opposed to the major scales regular third. Therefore the seven modes of the melodic minor scale share only one note difference to the modes of…

  • Modes of the Major Scale Explained!

    Modes of the Major Scale Explained!

    A lot of guitarists have trouble coming to understand the modes of the major scale, I know it took me many moons to come to grips with it, but once I finally unravelled its mysteries, I realised how simple it really is. The word mode sounds so ambiguous and lame, I prefer to use the word mood, as…