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Fundamentals of Music Theory |
Scales |
Fundamentals HomeTopics Half and Whole Steps
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More Minor Scales
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Harmonic minor scales are the same as natural minor scales, except the 7th note is raised by a chromatic half step. (Raising this note results in an interval of three half steps between the 6th and 7th notes of the scale.) |
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Ascending melodic minor scales go one step further and raise the sixth and seventh notes by a chromatic half step. |
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Note: Descending melodic minor scales are identical to natural minor scales; the sixth and seventh notes are raised only in the ascending form of the scale! |
Is this a natural, harmonic, or melodic minor
scale?
Create the correct pattern of half steps and
whole steps for the type of minor scale indicated by adding accidentals
to the notes below.
Four scales are shown below. Click on the play
button below each scale. You will hear one incorrect note. Identify
which note is incorrect by clicking on the correct version of that
note on the staff.
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