Whether you're checking into the Hotel California or sheltering from the cold November Rain, the harmonic minor scale is right there with you. This lesson demystifies it with examples you can use now.

Ever since his Woodstock performance in '69, Santana has been one of the world's biggest guitar talents, with a melodic ...

Example 5 is partly inspired by Alex Lifeson’s repeating harmonic motif playing in Rush. Here we have added some bass notes to give the harmonics some context within a chord progression. These are ...

Chords I, IV & V are all major, whereas chords II, III and VI are minor. Chord VII is diminished, so we don’t tend to us it very often, particularly as the notes are not that dissimilar to chord ...

Learn the basics of guitar chords, including major and minor types, chord progressions, and tips for beginners to start ...

This successful sequence of chords is overtly major, with a singular minor chord thrown in (VI) to create a sense of contrast and balance. The last chord in the sequence is also major, and leads ...

Harmonic minor keys are used when writing chords. There is another version of the minor key known as the melodic minor. This is used when writing a melody. Each key signature has two possible keys ...

Harmonic minor keys are used when writing chords. There is another version of the minor key known as the melodic minor. This is used when writing a melody. Each key signature has two possible keys ...