There are actually three types of minor scale - natural, harmonic and melodic, but in terms of which to learn first, we’d say that the natural minor scale is the most important, as it’s by far the ...

In the minor pentatonic scale every interval is either a two-fret (a major 2nd) or three-fret (a minor 3rd) gap. This is the best known minor pentatonic scale shape, shown here in A. Play the shape ...

The other common scale is the minor scale. It’s a bit darker in mood. In fact if a piece of music has a minor scale as its foundation, it will usually end up sounding sad or dramatic (or both).

Revise notation, the way of writing down music, with rhythm and metre, sharps and flats, key signatures, major and minor keys, articulation and dynamics.