I first published this on my long-defunct website back in 2006. I've been looking for the original for some time with no luck, however, I finally found a backup copy…
Over the course of my posts on music theory we've covered a lot of ground. This post takes it back to basics somewhat to explore triads in more detail. Triads…
Sometimes a great way to create new and exciting sounds is to try using a scale type that you haven't used before. The only downside is that sometimes it can…
There's nothing really complicated about chord inversions. It's one of those subjects that often gets overlooked or ignored because the perception is it's too complicated but really, they are quite…
I'm going to start by saying that whole tone scales are unlike any other discussed so far. They are made up solely of whole tone intervals which results in 6…
So far we've covered a lot of ground with music theory covering Keys, chords, modes and pentatonic scales. This post pulls together a number of these ideas into an improvisation…
As an alternative to modes, pentatonic scales are very commonly used for soloing. The definition is often somewhat overcomplicated, pentatonic basically means 'five tones' so these are 5 note scales.…