Why 3 Minor Scales Exist (And How We Can Use Them)

1:09 - How the Natural Minor Scale and Harmonic Minor Scale Differ
1:44 - What's a Leading-Tone?
2:40 - Why Do We Have the Harmonic Minor Scale?
4:25 - What Are Diatonic Chords?
7:18 - Diatonic Chords in C Natural Minor Scale
14:25 - Dominant Resolving to Tonic
18:21 - Diatonic Chords in C Harmonic Minor Scale
21:12 - Comparing Diatonic Chords of the Harmonic and Natural Minor Scales
21:46 - Diatonic Chords in C Melodic Minor Scale
24:45 - Finding the Melodic Minor Scale from a Melodic Standpoint
28:01 - How We Can Use These Minor Chords and Scales When Improvising Or Composing
32:40 - Why Is The Melodic Minor Scale Different When It's Ascending vs. Descending?
36:38 - Exercise to Practice Improvising Minor Scales On 2-Chord Vamps
41:37 - Ending

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