Listen up: scales aren’t just torture devices invented by guitar teachers... When you use a scale, say, C major, you are playing ‘in the key of C’. The word ‘diatonic’ simply means ‘within a key’, so ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Jun Sato/WireImage Chords, scales, and harmony are subjects you could spend your whole ...

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Slack key guitar is the sound of Hawaiian fellowship, protest, and love for native land. Most scholars trace the origin of the indigenous fingerstyle technique—named for the fact that the strings are ...