I first became aware of the harmonic minor scale back in high school, originally as an abstract entity I learned in music theory class, in which the seventh note of the natural minor scale was raised ...

Here's a simplified tale of music theory. The seventh note of a major scale is very powerful. In G major the notes are G, A, B, C, D, E, F#, so we're talking about ...

Yngwie Malmsteen has an unmistakable, idiosyncratic approach to guitar. Very much based in Baroque and Classical-era harmony from the likes of Vivaldi and Bach to Mozart, he seamlessly blends this ...

With the intermediate status, one has learned some basic chords and strum patterns so those initial thrills are gone, and now the interest lies with further technical proficiency, melodic fluency, and ...