AN attempt to reconstruct the Soft Diatonic mode leads to the following nine-note scale, which combines perfectly with the diatonic scale with the exception of F (3: 4),—the key-note ...

But when you play a set of diatonic chords like this, built using notes that all belong to a major scale, why do some of them end up being minor chords instead of major? A major scale is major due to ...

These three notes are the start of the diatonic scale. Combining certain notes, such as do-mi-sol, turns the sound into a harmonic chord. Western musicians have been preoccupied with the sounds ...

For this second instalment of Guthrie Govan's five-part series on string bending, our intrepid guitar hero shows you how to add more expressive and vocal bending techniques to your vocabulary This ...