It’s called natural minor because it’s equivalent to the relative minor key signature in a major key without any changes to the pattern.Įach major key shares its key signature with a related minor scale called the relative minor.
The pattern can be shown by writing the degrees of the scale that are altered from the major scale It’s based on the following tone-semitone pattern: Tone-semitone-tone-tone-semitone-tone-tone.
Natural minor is the simplest form of minor scale. I’ll go through each variation on the minor scale and explain where it comes from and how it’s used. That might sound complicated, but don’t worry. Each has a slightly different use, but all three scales include the distinctive minor third relationship to the tonic in scale degree 3. It includes three different variations called the natural minor scale (or Aeolian mode), the melodic minor scale and the harmonic minor scale. The minor scale is the pattern in western music typically associated with sad feelings.
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