WEEK THREE
MINOR SCALE WTH KEY SIGNATURE D, E AND G MINOR (HARMONIC)
It is evident that the minor scale starts on the sixth degree of a major scale, in this lesson we shall be looking at both the major and the relative minor of the following.
The arrangement of tones and semitones in minor scale are different from major scale. For the harmonic minor scale, the arrangement goes does: Tone, semitone, Tone, Tone, semitone, Tone + half, semitone.
F major scale
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D minor scale
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D E F G A B C# D
Examine both the scale of F major and of D minor. Notice that the last three note of F major (l
t d) becomes the first three notes of the new scale of D minor. This fact makes D minor closely related.
G major scale
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E minor scale
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l t d r m f se l
E F# G A B C D# E
B major
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G minor
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l t d r m f se l
G A B C D E F# A
WEEK FOUR
RELATIVE MINOR KEYS WITH FOUR SHARPS AND FLATS
It is noted that without major there is no minor, because part of the major scale notes starts the minor scale. We now give the key signature of the major keys and their relative minors.
It is helpful to memorize the signatures of 7 sharps and 7 flats. Other keys (major and minor) can be readily derived from these two key signatures.
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G major D major A major E major B major F# major C# major
E minor B minor F# minor C# minor G# minor D# minor A# minor
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F major B major E Major A major D major G major C major
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