• The secret to playing harmonic minor scales

    advancedmusiciansmall.jpgSo by now, you’re probably familiar with how to create minor scales. When I say “minor scale,” I’m usually talking about the natural minor scale (the most common). Sometimes, the “natural” part makes all the difference when you’re differentiating between other types of minor scales like the “harmonic” and “melodic.”

    And that’s exactly what I want to talk about today… the harmonic minor scale.

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    The “What Key Am I In” Game 3

    popquizsmall.jpgTime for another episode of “What Key Am I In?” Let’s see how well you know your major and minor keys…

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    Here’s a method that’s helping beginners play in minor keys overnight

    pianomansmall.jpgHaving trouble playing in minor keys? You’ll literally laugh when you figure out how simple it is to play minor scales and all the chords that correspond to them, once you know your major scales!

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    How I quickly learn songs in all 12 keys

    robothands-small.jpgSo this isn’t going to be easy but if you’re committed, you can learn to play in ALL 12 keys… not just one. I’ll lay out 2 ways to do it. One way, I learned about 16 years ago and still use at times. The other way is more involved, but will help your understanding of music a lot better…

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    Do you spell “their” as “there?”

    exam-big.jpgLast night, we had an awesome radio show and I gave away a couple of prizes to deserving callers. One of the questions I asked dealt with intervals and I was looking for a very specific answer. For example, if I asked you what a major third up from E is, what would you say?

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    How to play a pentatonic scale

    pentagon-small.jpgI’ve received a lot of questions about the pentatonic scale lately so I wanted to reserve some time to break it down. Like a pentagon, which has 5 sides, pentatonic scales have 5 notes. “Pentatonic” doesn’t mean one type of scale though, as some might think. There is a most common one that I’ll talk about below, but the truth is, there are tons of pentatonic scales and they vary widely depending on where you are in the world…

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    The “What Key Am I In” Game 2

    answers-big.jpgTime for another episode of “What Key Am I In?” I’ll give you the chords and you tell me the key…

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