Of course, they don’t share all of their notes the C harmonic major does not have an A♮, and the A harmonic minor does not have a G♮. Enharmonically, that G♯ is the same as the A♭ needed to build a C harmonic major. And if you turn that scale into a harmonic minor, you’ll raise the 7 th, adding G♯. Melodic minor, however, differs from the. For instance, the C major scale has a relative minor scale of A minor. This raised 7th, just as in the harmonic minor scale, gives us a major triad or dominant 7th V chord in a minor key. One interesting feature of the harmonic major scale is that it shares the chromatic note implied by its relative minor (if also in harmonic form). It revolves around a tonic chord which is that stable and happy major chord we have become so familiar with, but the ♭6 lends to it a powerful darkness. So it presents some new and unique possibilities. The harmonic major scale is the only possible combination which is neither considered a part of minor scale harmony, nor derived as a mode of the major scale.

We can even arrange some common scales and modes according to how “minor” they sound. If we list all possible scales that can be produced by altering these degrees of the major scale, we’ll end up with 6 possibilities. Alterations to the fourth and fifth, such as ♯4 are described as augmented or diminished (or sometimes just “altered”, meaning either or both of the two.) Since the natural minor scale does not have ♭2, we can toss that out and say that the minor-ishness of a scale relates mostly to its 3 rd, 6 th and 7 th degrees. In any diatonic system, only the tones 2, 3, 6 and 7 are described in minor form. The minor-ness of a scale is a product of how many minor notes it has. possibility that emerges from this comparison. It is built the same as the natural minor scale. The interval pattern formula is 1 - 2 - b3 - 4 - 5 - b6 - 7. In this lesson, we’ll compare a few “minor-ish” scales, and talk about a new synthetic scale A new scale created from altering the common diatonic scale. The harmonic minor scale contains seven notes. In a previous lesson we talked about the harmonic minor scale, which is created for the purpose of creating new harmonies within the natural minor scale. Next→ Advanced Chord Scales Harmonic Major Scale

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