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).

This lick spans four octaves of the A minor pentatonic scale (A C D E G). Bar 1 features the same five-note scale fragment played in three different octaves, and is played with five evenly spaced ...

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

These minor perfect cadences exist in lots of contemporary songs, such as Santana’s Smooth, The Eagles’ Hotel California, and November Rain by Guns N’ Roses. The harmonic minor scale is also ...