12 September 2023
Here’s my arrangement for guitar of a short arpeggio passage from Ravel’s composition Ondine, the first movement of Gaspard de la nuit (1908), where the music […]
26 September 2022
Creative Pentatonics It’s Easy to Say “Scale” When we play a melody or a chord progression (let’s say in E) we are basically taking the notes […]
20 September 2022
Locrian The locrian mode is found on the VII degree of the major scale and is built on a diminished triad. Scale Construction Fingerings Harmonization (triads) […]
30 August 2022
Phrygian The phrygian mode is found on the third degree of the major scale. It’s one of the minor modes and its characteristic interval is the […]
27 August 2022
Mixolydian The mixolydian mode is built on the fifth degree of the major scale. It’s one of the major modes and is built around the dominant […]
12 August 2022
Ionian The Ionian mode is the “modal equivalent” of the major scale: its intervals are the same but the notes of the scale are treated differently. […]
12 August 2022
Dorian The dorian mode is found on the II degree of the Major scale. It’s one of the minor modes and its characteristic interval is the […]
7 August 2022
Aeolian (natural minor scale) Just like the Ionian and the major scale are made by the same seven notes, the aeolian scale is the modal version […]
27 February 2022
Harmonizing the scale I’m sure you already know everything about how to harmonize the scale with triads (if, on the other hand, you have no idea […]