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    Fretboard fluency

    Mar 11, 2020 5 minutes

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    Welcome to this month’s column on developing fretboard fluency, with the seventh part in our series on the modes of Harmonic Minor. This scale consists of the formula: R-2- b 3-4-5- b 6-7, and can also, if you prefer, be visualised as a Natural Minor scale with a major 7th degree.

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

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

    Over the course of the series, we’ve looked at the five 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. More recently, we’ve been focusing on the fifth and most commonly used mode, know as the Phrygian Dominant.

    Phrygian Dominant: R- b 2-3-4-5- b 6- b 7 This scale is commonly applied over V7 chords in Minor progressions as

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