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10/11/2026

Schubert wrote straight-up Bebop lines...

Excerpt from Franz Schubert's Impromptu in B-flat Major Op. 142 No. 3

10/10/2026

Challenge your scale knowledge with these unholy hybrids!

Frankenscales Ep. 4: Dorian/Phrygian

10/09/2026

Apologies, Wolfgang.

10/08/2026

2 Phrygian Cousins (from Japan)

These two traditional Japanese scales are just one note apart (Insen has a flat 7, Miyako-bushi has a flat 6) and are closely related to the Phrygian mode (Insen is Phrygian minus scale degrees 3 & 6, whereas Miyako-bushi is Phrygian minus degrees 3 & 7).

10/07/2026

Build this complicated-sounding major chord lick using 3 simple ingredients!

Build-a-Lick Ep. 6

This lick can be played over any variety of major chord (plain triad, maj6, maj7, maj9, etc.)

10/03/2026

Mind the gaps!

This traditional Japanese scale features two major third gaps and two minor second clusters.

Scale Spotlight: C Miyako-bushi

10/02/2026

Build a minor triad lick with chord tone enclosures!

10/01/2026

Solfège 101. Any questions?

09/30/2026

What mode are you in today?

09/29/2026

Learn the C Natural Minor scale!

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