Key of C Major & A Minor

Music Theory I
The key of C major has no flats or sharps.

Piano

IV

The key of A Minor is relative

to C major (no sharps or flats)

iv

v7

C Major Scale

V7

This is a natural minor sale

(accepts the major key signature without alteration)

The key of A harmonic minor is based on the natural minor, but has a raised seventh scale degree.
This is the most frequently used form of minor.

iv

V7

The seventh degree of the scale is
now a functional leading tone

Note the difference in the Dominant Seventh chord

It now contains an augmented fourth interval and has
a stronger pull back to the tonic i chord

The ascending A Melodic Minor scale is like a

natural minor with a raised 6th & 7th degree

The descending melodic form is the same

as the natural minor.