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

Two of the most common used by guitarists are the minor pentatonic (1-b3-4-5-b7) and natural minor scale (1-2-b3-4-5-b6-b7), also known as Aeolian mode. There are other scales, such as the Dorian ...

In much the same way that C Major uses all of the white notes on the keyboard, you can start on A, and playing only the white notes will yield the relative natural minor. With all this theory, you ...