Blues Progressions in Songwriting 

Author: Jimmy Kachulis

Lesson description

Don't chain your melody to the chord changes in your composition. Set your melody free with the major pentatonic scale. Berklee College of Music faculty and successful songwriter Jimmy Kachulis teaches you how.

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