Major and minor scales are music’s Yin and Yang. Major scales convey a happy, cheerful mood, while minor scales are naturally darker and more sombre in character. These two opposites provide broad, ...

The melodic minors should really be the name of every junior school choir, but in actual fact, the melodic minor scale is like an eccentric cousin of the natural and harmonic variants. You can use two ...

If the mention of scales conjures frightening flashbacks of instrumental lessons undertaken in your youth, you won’t be alone. But, the importance of scales cannot be understated - they are a vital ...

Writing a song is just like baking a cake or painting a picture, there is a specific method and technique that will allow you to accomplish your goal. Of course, your own style and creativity will ...

This question originally appeared on Quora. Answer by Ethan Hein, master’s candidate in music technology at NYU, composer, teacher, all-around music dork: The academic music world is slowly coming to ...