followed by a middle-finger hammer-on to E two frets higher then a fretboard tap on a high A at the 17th fret. This tapped lick is based entirely on the notes of the A minor pentatonic scale – A ...

The harmonic minor scale is also commonplace in classical ... The piece ends with a final run up the dusty end of the fretboard, before resolving to a final A note. In order to make it sound ...

Harmonic minors use the relative major key signature and raise the seventh note of the scale. For example, in A harmonic minor there are no sharps or flats other than the raised seventh of G#.