1.0Seymour Duncanhttps://www.seymourduncan.comDave Eichenbergerhttps://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/author/dave-eichenbergerBlues and the Harmonic Minor Scale - Seymour Duncanrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Gd03tCU7gR"><a href="https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/the-players-room/blues-and-the-harmonic-minor-scale">Blues and the Harmonic Minor Scale</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/the-players-room/blues-and-the-harmonic-minor-scale/embed#?secret=Gd03tCU7gR" width="600" height="338" title="“Blues and the Harmonic Minor Scale” — Seymour Duncan" data-secret="Gd03tCU7gR" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://www.seymourduncan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/120720-195-700x466.jpg700326The blues has been slowly disappearing as an element of modern rock and metal for over two decades. This doesn’t mean we can’t learn from 'old guys' and the simplicity of playing fewer notes with feeling and the right tone. Now the harmonic minor scale has been associated with guitarists like Ritchie Blackmore and Yngwie Malmsteen, who no doubt possess some great bluesy phrasing, but are pretty different from the blues guitarists that influenced them.