About Improvising with Scales and Chords
Break free of scale-based improvisation with our harmony and chord tone-based approach to creating unforgettable licks on the fly!
The Ultimate Guide to Minor Keys
What makes a minor key? Learn all about how minor scales and chords are built, and how they differ from their major counterparts.
Beginning Modal Improvisation, with Brian Kelly from Zombie Guitar
Begin your modal improvisation journey with the versatile Aeolian and Dorian modes, with the help of Zombie Guitar’s master guitar teacher Brian Kelly.
About Finding Chords in Scales
Understanding the relationship between scales and chords has numerous practical benefits. Learn how to easily go from one to the other using a simple trick!
Transpose and Terrify!
Sometimes, all it takes to make a tune spooky is some major-to-minor transposition. Resident pro Sara Campbell shows you how, just in time for Halloween!
About Pentascales
The simple-yet-powerful pentascale is a staple in piano. Learn how these five notes can help you kick off your improvisation journey with a bang.
Five Notes Will Change Your Life: Pentatonic Scales
Pentatonic scales have found their home in the hearts of jazz, blues, and rock musicians everywhere. Learn to play this easy and incredibly versatile scale!
The Ultimate Guide to the Dorian Mode
The Dorian Mode ranges from rock to jazz, and funk to folk. Learn what Dorian is, the theory behind it, how to play it, and how to hear it.
Crazy Easy Weird (Modal) Improv Trick, Part 2
Modal improvisation sounds intimidating. But this simple improv trick puts those mysterious modes to work to offer you an easy way to create awesome music
How to Find the Tonic of Any Song in a Major Key
Learn how to find the tonic in any song in a major key using our intuitive tips and tricks. Then use it to your advantage to write music and play by ear!
Open Your Ears to Celtic Music
With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, isn’t it about time you added some genre-bending Celtic Punk, Irish Trad, or Pirate Metal to your playlist?
Crazy Easy Weird (Modal) Improv Trick
Modal improvisation sounds scary and hard. Though it’s loved by monsters like John Coltrane and Steve Vai, modal improv can be very easy, fun and beautiful.
