Spokane String Quartet explores anxieties of centuries past, juxtaposed with world premiere of strings work
Like it or not, we live in a time of anxious uncertainty.  It is easy to think of earlier times as being calmer and less ...
Joe Bonamassa explains the soloing secrets of his hero Gary Moore – and says no Moore, no Bonamassa
No Moore, no Bonamassa, says Joe, as he puts together four blazing solo ideas inspired by the late blues-rock force of nature ...
Mike Campbell on the First Time He Met Tom Petty
From the couch, the guitarist stood and said hi. He was tall, with a handsome, boyish Irish face and long brown hair. He said ...
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Classy Brahms ends a fine visit from Yutaka Sado and the Tonkünstler-Orchester
Effortless Brahms and rich Sibelius from Sado and the Tonkünstler-Orchester, with elegant Mozart from Yeol Eum Son at Cadogan ...
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Fighting it Out: “The Violin Duels” at Ben’s Theater, Jomtien
An enthusiastic audience filled Ben’s Theater recently to hear the brilliant young musicians of Virtuosi Thailand give a ...
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Music theory you can use: pep up your progressions by borrowing chords from parallel keys
The harmonised C minor harmonic scale gives you the diatonic chords Cm, Ddim, Ebaug, Fm, G, Ab, and Bdim, while the C minor melodic diatonic triads are Cm, Dm, Ebaug, F, G, Adim, and Bdim.
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From Bach to “Blackbird”: The Baroque Composition We Have To Thank for This Beatles Classic
Paul McCartney took the idea for his melodic guitar part ... then switched the song from its standard E minor key to the relative major, G major. Paul McCartney has proven time and again that ...
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Molly Miller shows six licks that put the power of modes to work in blues and jazz
Molly Miller has become a force over the past several years, not least for the vibrant lead lines and rhythmic grooves that have graced her work with the Molly Miller Trio and her performances ...
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You’ve heard of AC/DC’s Angus and Malcolm, but a third Young brother was responsible for a ’60s classic
And then there’s the Eastern-flavored use of the harmonic minor scale and its fifth mode ... featuring contrary melodic motion? Anyway, I was so intrigued by the song that I actually paused ...