Here’s some common uses for the Harmonic Minor Scale, along with a more in depth explanation on what’s different about the Harmonic Minor Scale. The big ways to use them are 1) when you see the dominant 7 chord, or 2) long minor chord vamps.

Common songs that have these phenomenons-

Paint It Black – The Rolling Stones

Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses (Outro Solo)

The Way – Fastball

You Know I’m No Good – Amy Winehouse

Hope this helps utilize a very cool scale… thank you!

-Related Lessons-

0:30 – Harmonic Minor Scale (Whole Neck!)

1:04 – Minor Scale Shapes | CO 8/10

1:39 – Transposing (Chords as Numbers)?! | UGT 5/8

2:55 – 6th String Barre Chords | BO 9/10

2:55 – 5th String Barre Chords | BO 10/10

PDF’s

Harmonic Minor, CAGED Chord Shapes & CAGED Scale Shapes