When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Douglas Elbinger/Getty Images The Melodic Minor scale was used by Paul McCartney the ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. I've read various sources of rock and jazz theory and there seems to be two approaches of ...

Here’s my go-to practice routine for tackling altered dominant chords—especially those spicy #5/#9 voicings—and the diminished whole-tone scale (aka the 7th mode of the melodic minor). These sounds ...