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.

Why are Minor Chords Perceived as “Sad”? Part 1 article by Kurt Ellenberger, published on July 8, 2025 at All About Jazz.

The solution was to raise the seventh note to give the harmonic minor - the notes in G harmonic minor are G, A, B b , C, D, Eb, F#. The V-I is now D-Gm or D7-Gm, (making the V chord a seventh chord, ...

These chords, and their minor key versions, are ubiquitous in tonal music of all kinds. In particular, we find that virtually every piece of tonal music, in all styles, ends with the movement of IV-I ...

Frequently, Kurt Cobain utilized harmonic sequences that moved by a Major or minor 3rd interval, but in a manner that does not comport with predictable chord behaviors that progress between ...