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    Fretboard fluency

    Feb 12, 2020 5 minutes

    Welcome to this month’s column on fretboard fluency, the sixth part in our series on the Harmonic Minor scale: R-2- b 3-4-5- b 6-7. Harmonic Minor can be visualised as a Natural Minor scale with a major 7th degree.

    Natural Minor: R-2- b 3-4-5- b 6- b 7

    Harmonic Minor: R-2- b 3-4-5- b 6-7

    Over the course of the series, we’ve looked at the five A Harmonic Minor shapes based around the CAGED system, as well as the harmonised scale which consists of a family of seven diatonic chords, arpeggios and modes.

    Last month, we started a mini series focusing on the fifth and most commonly used mode – Phrygian Dominant. This mode consists of the formula: R- b 2-3-4-5- b 6- b 7 and is commonly applied over V7 chords in Minor progressions as a means of heightening tension before resolving back to the tonic I Minor chord.

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