Not as complex as the prelude but still uses: Major, Harmonic minor, Melodic, Neapolitan Major, Neapolitan minor, Neapolitan Major b5,...

It is a really basic change, the key of C major to the key of A minor, but so many of my students didn't know how to so I have made a...

A piece like this is often regarded as a collection of random notes, so unfathomable is its structure. How far from the truth that is....

The prelude in D minor is a favourite of guitar students as it is relatively easy to play for students, but in its 43 bars lies a hidden...

The Neapolitan Major scale is sorely misunderstood nowadays, and I am hoping to change that. One of the best ways of using it is while...

This was a question I was asked recently by a student. The answer is not what you might think it would be. Something from WTC I or II, or...

Demystifying Bach's Chaconne in D minor The Chaconne in D minor from the Violin Sonata no.2 for solo violin has reached almost mythical...

As mentioned in the first post in this series, the most common use for Neapolitan minor, at least in Bach's WTC I, follows the Hungarian...

I recently had a conversation with someone about music for a single line instrument such as a flute. Their argument was that because only...

After registering the book at the library of ISBN numbers and sorting out barcode matters, my book The Modal Method of Music (M3) is...

Not as complex as the prelude but still uses: Major, Harmonic minor, Melodic, Neapolitan Major, Neapolitan minor, Neapolitan Major b5,...

I was having backache from all the practise and so the builder of Gus guitars helped me design this bracket. It means I can now play...

Prelude: Bach uses the scales Major, Harmonic minor, Melodic, Harmonic Major, Hungarian minor, Neapolitan minor, Locrian natural 7,...

Easy and simple, first: Used to modulate to the minor key on degree III of the Major scale. In C Major, play any mode from E Neapolitan...

The Melodic scale, or Melodic minor, has multiple uses when composing. First, it is used to modulate from a Major key to the minor key on...

I was asked recently, as there are 66 scales, and all have rules which govern how they function in music, which I cover in Modal Method,...

Today the printers in Sussex, UK printed the first hard copy of my book 'The Modal Method of Music'. Only a few more steps to go now.

A series of analytical studies of great works of music is underway, using the Method as outlined in my book. Bach's Chromatic Fantasia...

In conversation with One-digital printers in Brighton about printing my book, The Modal Method of Music.

Recently finished my book on music theory, 'The Modal Method of Music', or M3 for short. In the publishing stage at the moment. Should be...