Why don't you pick up your instrument and play some pentatonic scales? See how they fit with your songwriting, and note how easy it becomes to find lots of riffs or melodies when you know that the notes could be fall within the pentatonic; particularly in rock, blues, R and B, and old Negro spirituals! Unlike the major scale in music, i.e. do-re-me, etc, etc., a pentatonic scale has only five [...]

Image via WikipediaKnowing the circle of fifths, you can write a collection of songs and produce a CD! How is that for a great music tool!! It’s true. The circle of fifths shows you each key signature and then the chords that belong in that key. When you write a song you can refer to it to help you pick chord changes for your song. Here is the tool: Here is how it works. The 12 major key [...]