Where to Begin - 3 Types of Minor Scales

#musictheory #scales #minor
Minor Scales come in flavors... do want a Dominant with that? Whether you need a V7 chord or not will determine the type of minor scale you chose, Natural Minor, Harmonic Minor, or Melodic Minor. We won't even talk about Dorian today. ;-)
00:000 intro
00:43 housekeeping
01:40 review & Natural Minor
03:43 wanting a Dominant
04:24 Harmonic Minor
06:11 Melodic Minor
07:25 Ascending vs Descending
08:43 silly Mnemonic
09:00 Ascending Melodic Minor in Jazz (briefly)
09:47 conclusions

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[awi]

I love the soft, sometimes eerie sound of the minor scale. Thanks for explaining.

[NeuroPete]

Again, thanks. It is good to have the new vocab, plus a new trick for sparkling up a composition.

[lawrencetaylor]

This is motivation for practicing my arpeggios and chord progressions in the minors. I've been practicing them, but mastery is another matter. It hasn't yet been 18 months of playing and I'm satisfied with my progress. I was learned seventh chords and other stuff in the first couple months, and wasn't going anywhere. So I stepped back and also really practiced sightreading. And Bach.

[harryleblanc]

I didn't realize that the melodic minor was different ascending from descending. That's like Indian ragas, which have different scales ascending and descending (I was in a band with a sitar player, back when dinosaurs roamed the earth).
Another scale I would have included in the grand tour of minors was the dorian scale, aka the "mountain minor" - - with a minor root chord, a major fourth and a minor fifth (Am, DM, Em). Very groovy flavor -- that I-IV opens up such a majestic vibe.

[danielleohallisey]

Harmonic minor. The Yngwe Malmsteen mode…

[nickthane]

I've never understood the melodic minor - how can a scale can have two sets of notes, one for going up one for going down? I mean surely that's just two different scales? Are then any other scales (Western or otherwise) that do this?

[iosmusicman]

Super video - what’s the software with the piano roll which identifies the scale please? Thanks Chris.

[chriscopeman]

I’ve always thought there were four minor scales: melodic, Dorian, natural and harmonic minor.