Module 6 · Beginner

Minor scales

Minor scales give music its darker colours. There is one basic minor scale and two common variants. Each one is easiest to understand by comparing it with the major scale.

Before this module

5.3 Major scale fingerings
5.6 The circle of fifths

Lessons

6.1
The natural minor scale
Build the natural minor scale from any note and compare it with the major scale.
Requires: 5.3
6.2
Relative minor and relative major
Find the relative minor of any major key, and the reverse.
Requires: 6.1, 5.6
6.3
Parallel major and minor
Compare major and minor on the same tonic and know their key signatures.
Requires: 6.2
6.4
The harmonic minor scale
Know why the harmonic minor raises the 7th and how it sounds.
Requires: 6.3
6.5
The melodic minor scale
Know the melodic minor in its classical and jazz forms.
Requires: 6.4