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    Fretboard fluency

    Jan 15, 2020 4 minutes

    Martin Goulding looks at the Phrygian Dominant mode – a sound common in classical, jazz and rock styles, and used in conjunction with the Natural Minor scale when soloing over Minor chord progressions.

    Welcome to this month’s column on developing fretboard fluency, with the fifth part in our series examining the Harmonic Minor scale. This scale consists of the formula: R-2- b 3-4-5- b 6-7; or it can be alternatively viewed 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.

    So far we’ve looked at the five A Harmonic Minor scale shapes based around the CAGED system, plus the harmonised scale comprising seven diatonic chords, arpeggios and

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