I know many of you are familiar with the Melodic minor scale, henceforth referred to as Melodic, but for those that aren't yet, this is...

The two scales mentioned are great to use when improvising in a Major or minor key. For those of you who have the Modal Method book, the...

I came across a reference in a blog I was reading about a musician that was using scales that didn't resolve until the second or even...

Recently, someone commented on a post I made, saying that my mention of a b4 was the first they had ever heard of such a thing. That got...

Warning: This post is not for beginners. Reading this post without adequate theoretical preparation may induce nausea, panic attacks or...

As mentioned towards the end of my previous post on the augmented chord, the notes that fall outside of the augmented triad are the ones...

As I was specifically asked to write a post on the use of augmented chords by a perplexed music theorist I though I would start with the...

I have been asked for an analysis of this movement from the Lute Suite (transcribed from a cello suite) as it has an enigmatic feel to...

After the Neapolitan minor is introduced into a Major key, it is followed by the Persian scale (1 b2 3 4 b5 b6 7) which is a really...

As mentioned in the first post in this series, the most common use for Neapolitan minor, at least in Bach's WTC I, follows the Hungarian...

The Neapolitan minor is really useful but sadly neglected. In the book The Modal Method, I explain why it should be studied after Major...

Following on from the last post, the focus this time is on introducing the Harmonic Major into a Major key before the change to Harmonic...

The Harmonic pair of scales are often combined in two ways: minor then Major or vice versa. The focus here is on the first. It is a very...

There are 38 modes with seven notes that work well over the Dominant 7b5 chord (1 3 b5 b7) and with the addition of the Whole tone and...

Some of you may have noticed that I post on multiple groups depending on the relevance of the content. However, I do post exclusive...

This is the first in a series of posts that takes a look at more unusual modes to play over static chords, that give a really funky...

Now when I say introducing, I am referring to the art of placing it into a piece of music. The Harmonic Major scale is a slightly more...

Hopefully you remember that rule 2 states that the Melodic can change Major to the parallel minor and rule 3 modulates to the minor key...

Now that we have seen that the Melodic scale can lead to the parallel minor and the minor key on degree II of the Major scale, we can...

Those of you who have read M3 (Modal Method of Music) are familiar with The U.S.W. For those of you that haven't I shall lay out the...