The Minor Scale: What is It The typical minor scale is a musical scale that contains 7 notes. Today, let’s take a look at minor scales and learn about what they are, as well as the 3 types of minor scales: natural, harmonic, and melodic scales are. The diagram below shows the structure of A melodic minor ascending on the keyboard: However, minor scales are just as important and should also be included in your lessons. Since descending passages don’t require the tension and definition provided by a leading tone, the descending melodic minor offers a sound truer to the overall minor structure. ) Include Other Western Music Scales (less common. Include Altered Greek Scales (dorian b2, lydian 9, locrian 6, etc.
The raised sixth step prevents the dissonant augmented second interval found in harmonic minor scales and the raised seventh provides a strong resolution from a leading tone to the tonic. All scales not 'normal' were excluded from the results, please use the options below to see D/Eb melodic minor again with all the other scales compared to it. We now know that harmonic minor scales form the harmonic basis of minor keys, so it stands to reason (and the name suggests) that melodic minor scales form the melodic basis. As already mentioned, the descending melodic minor scale is identical to the descending natural minor scale. This doesn't necessarily mean they're unusable and it's worth noting the chord differences between the minor scales because minor keys are often made from a combination of the minor scale variations. So the ascending scale shares its first five steps with the natural and harmonic minor scales, and its sixth to eighth steps with its major counterpart (note: the major key with the same keynote and NOT the relative major). The reason is that chords built on melodic minor scale notes don't tend to work so well together. (Example: F harmonic minor has an E note instead of an E note. The descending half of the melodic minor scale is identical to that of the natural minor scale: Major & Minor Scales, Chords, Arpeggios Ted Greene, / page 3 The Harmonic Minor Scale The harmonic minor is formed by raising the 7th degree of the natural minor scale. The sequence of intervals for the ascending scale of A melodic minor is as follows: The ascending scale creates more tension by sharpening the sixth and seventh steps, and the descending scale relaxes that tension by flattening the seventh and sixth steps. I like to think of the melodic minor scale as the chameleon scale as it changes its colours.
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