Apparently Satriani’s into Hungarian Minor. Which works, as Satch is a guitar nerd hero.

If you don’t know Joe Satriani, but are my age, you at least know “Summer Song” which was in a Sony commercial in the 90s:

He also sued Coldplay for stealing his song. Did he do it? This Canadian guy’s on the case!

1. COREY BROWN: Hey, you sounded great up there. What was that called?
2. RONI: Well, my guitar solo used a scale called the Hungarian Minor (or Harmonic Minor #4). It has a large number of half steps and a slightly ambiguous tonal center.
3. COREY BROWN: I just sort of meant, "What’s the name of the song?"; RONI: Oh.
4. RONI: I have no idea.