Once you know how to construct major and minor scales on the piano, you can take the notes within them and start stacking them up together to play chords. While it’s possible to form simple two-note ...

In music theory we learn that what makes a minor scale different from a major scale is that the minor scale contains a flat 3rd and, depending on the type, sometimes a flat 6th and/or a flat 7th. So ...

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, ...