Of course, we’re stepping outside of the minor pentatonic scale, too. The very first note in bar 1 is a B (suggesting the A major pentatonic scale), and the first note in bar 2 is an Eb (which appears ...

Our A minor pentatonic and A natural minor scales by contrast feature a b7th interval, or G natural. So the Harmonic Minor’s G# sits perfectly over the E7 chord, outlining its major 3rd.

Obviously, if you transpose a scale to a new key, you get a new series of notes, so it’s useful to memorise the gaps between each note (aka ‘intervals’). In the minor pentatonic scale every interval ...

So, the list goes: Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian. Some of them are major modes, some are minor, and some are ambiguous. Some modes are sadder or holier than others.