A list of unusual scales
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…
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.…
Following the recent series of blog posts on modes and modal chords, this post gives you two octave patterns for all the modes rooted on the E string so that…
So far I've discussed modes in terms of their structure and relation to the comparative major scale. I haven't been too prescriptive about how to use them and have encouraged…