Well established scales follow the same rules to split the octave in a predictable way, and these have formed the basis of tonal classical music. Scales can be in the minor or the major key, and they ...

There’s a tonne of information packed into the Circle of Fifths, but it principally shows a map of keys. Starting at the top with that white-note piano favourite C major and moving clockwise, the ...

Stephen Hough - pianist, composer, author and artist - turns 60 today. To celebrate the occasion, and also the release of his new recording of Chopin's complete Nocturne's on Hyperion, we are ...