http://www.alloutguitar.com/lessons/metal Lessons by Category en http://www.alloutguitar.com/lessons/style/theory/harmonic_minor_scale_and_phrygian_dominant_mode <!--paging_filter--><p class="intro"> One of the most popular scales in the metal genre is the <strong>Harmonic Minor Scale</strong> but a common misconception is that this scale is used purley from its root note. However, it is more likely that you will find that most chordal backings for this scale centre around its 5th degree. This shift in the tonal centre results in it becoming a mode of the Harmonic Minor and this is known as the<strong> Phrygian Dominant Mode</strong>. </p> <p> Let's look at the notes in an <strong>A Natural Minor Scale</strong>: </p><p><a href="http://www.alloutguitar.com/lessons/style/theory/harmonic_minor_scale_and_phrygian_dominant_mode">read more</a></p> Theory Ed Box Harmonic Minor Scale Metal Phrygian rock uli jon roth yngwie malmsteen Sat, 26 Jan 2008 16:04:17 +0000 Edward Box 789 at http://www.alloutguitar.com