A major scale is major due to the set pattern of intervals between its notes, or ‘degrees’. The interval between the first two degrees, C and D, is a whole tone, between the next two, D and E, is ...

Here’s my go-to practice routine for tackling altered dominant chords—especially those spicy #5/#9 voicings—and the diminished whole-tone scale (aka the 7th mode of the melodic minor). These ...

Each note of a scale can be the root of a diatonic chord, creating a unique set of chords related to that scale. The next ring in (the red ring) tells us how many sharps or flats are in each key.

Try representing the A7 as chord 5 in a diatonic D major scale. In similar practice to our exersise with the Em7b5 we can build a Locrian mode on D flat (the third of A7). ... B7+, E flat 7+ (the ...