Obviously, if you transpose a scale to a new key, you get a new series of notes, so it’s useful to memorise the gaps between each note (aka ‘intervals’). In the minor pentatonic scale every interval ...

Guitar skills: We’re always harping on about the minor pentatonic scale. This essential scale is the most frequently used set of notes in rock, blues, country, metal, funk and even jazz lead guitar.

The melodic minor scale is a minor scale with both the sixth and seventh notes raised by half a step, but only when ascending. A descending melodic minor scale is identical to a natural minor scale.