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Andy French's Musical Explorations

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Double harmonic minor fingering.

Double Harmonic Major modes – Double Harmonic Minor

In Double Harmonic Major, Music TheoryTags Double Harmonic Major, Guitar, Music Theory, Scales21st April 2025 Andy French

Commonly called the Hungarian Minor Scale, the 4th mode of the Double Harmonic Major scale is a minor mode with a raised 4th and leading tone (7), which gives it …

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Ultraphrygian fingering.

Double Harmonic Major modes – Ultraphrygian

In Double Harmonic Major, Music TheoryTags Double Harmonic Major, Guitar, Music Theory, Scales21st April 2025 Andy French

The 3rd mode of the Double Harmonic Major scale is Ultraphrygian, also referred to as Phrygian ♭4 or sometimes Double Harmonic Phrygian. This is an extremely dark and dissonant mode …

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Lydian #2#6 fingering.

Double Harmonic Major modes – Lydian ♯2 ♯6

In Double Harmonic Major, Music TheoryTags Double Harmonic Major, Guitar, Music Theory, Scales21st April 2025 Andy French

Lydian #2 #6 is the second mode of the Double Harmonic Major scale and is also called Lydian Augmented ♯2 or Hungarian Major. This mode resembles Lydian but features a …

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Double harmonic major fingering

Double Harmonic Major modes – Double Harmonic Major

In Double Harmonic Major, Music TheoryTags Double Harmonic Major, Guitar, Music Theory, Scales21st April 2025 Andy French

The Double Harmonic Major scale is also known as the Byzantine Scale, Arabic Scale, or Ionian ♭2 ♭6. It is characterized by two augmented seconds, creating an intense and exotic …

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Altered Diminished fingering.

Harmonic minor modes – Altered Diminished

In Guitar, Harmonic Minor, Music TheoryTags Guitar, Harmonic Minor, Music Theory, Scales2nd February 2025 Andy French

The seventh mode of Harmonic Minor is known as Altered Diminished. If you’re masochistic you can also call it Super Locrian ♭♭7. It is also called Diminished Whole-Tone. It is …

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Harmonic minor modes – Lydian #2

In Harmonic MinorTags Guitar, Harmonic Minor, Music Theory, Scales2nd February 2025 Andy French

The sixth mode of Harmonic Minor is known as Lydian #2. This mode is bright and ethereal like Lydian, but with an unusual, almost Middle Eastern colour due to the …

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Andy French was the lead guitarist and vocalist with the British alternative metal band The Hollowkind. The band is now defunct but their tunes are available on Spotify or SoundCloud.

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