Did you know that listening to music has proven psychological benefits? More specifically, studies have found that it can help improve memory and cognition, reduce stress, and even boost mood. You ...

This is a 49 slide powerpoint made in the latest version. It works through the construction of all THREE minor scales. Looking initially at C Major - then finding its relative minor. The scale of "a" ...

Pete Weise is a performer and educator based in Dallas-Fort Worth, and holds a BM and MM in Jazz Performance from the University of North Texas. He teaches at Collin College, Dallas College, and the ...

Only the order of tones and semitones is different. Both keys have the same key signature, shown here:. Because they share the same key signature and the same notes, it is common to modulate or change ...

Pete Weise is a performer and educator based in Dallas-Fort Worth, and holds a BM and MM in Jazz Performance from the University of North Texas. He teaches at Collin College, Dallas College, and the ...

Used in every style of music from blues to soul and metal, the minor pentatonic scale is one of the most common scales. Most guitarists know one easy-to-remember pentatonic scale shape, known as ...

Harmonic minor keys are used when writing chords. There is another version of the minor key known as the melodic minor. This is used when writing a melody. Each key signature has two possible keys.