There are a number of different minor scales available, suiting different situations and chord progressions. Two of the most common used by guitarists are the minor pentatonic (1-b3-4-5-b7 ...

The presence of a well-crafted and performed chord progression can often be ... are based upon different degrees of the scale, reflecting a major or minor tonality at the individual chord level.

The characteristics of these minor scales mean that triads based on these degrees of the scale make different kinds of chords. These chromatic alterations have been the basis of a whole range of ...