CART11003 Week 6 – Minor Scales

Major Scale

Natural Minor
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Harmonic Minor

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Melodic Minor (ascending)

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Desending (aka natural minor)

• Natural minor starts on 6th note of Major

• Relative minor is 6th note or down 3 semitones
• Natural minor is the same notes as its relative major, just starting somewhere
else
• Raise the 7th to make Harmonic minor from Natural Minor
• Raise the 6th and 7th to make Melodic minor ascending from Natural minor
• Raise the 7th to make Melodic minor ascending from Harmonic minor.
• Revert the 6th and 7th when descending to how they appear in Natural minor.

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EXERCISES
G Natural Minor Ascending

B Harmonic Minor Ascending

B Natural Minor Ascending

D Natural Minor Ascending

E Harmonic Minor

Bb Natural Minor Ascending

F# Harmonic Minor

Melodic Minors

C# Melodic Minor

Eb Melodic Minor

A Melodic Minor