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How to Write Guitar Riffs Using the Harmonic Minor Scale

It’s been said that you can’t be a great lead player, without first being a great rhythm player. And if you are writing your own material, part of being a great rhythm player involves having great riffs. Today, we’ll look at how we can write riffs using the harmonic minor scale. Let’s look at a little bit of theory The Harmonic Minor Scale The harmonic minor scale has the following intervals: