The BEST Way To Find All The Different Minor Scales | Natural, Harmonic, Melodic PLUS Dorian

This is really important beginner theory. The different minor scales piano players must learn are Natural, Harmonic and Melodic and people often only mention these three different types. Really, there's a fourth you should know. Dorian is commonly used in more modern music like funk or jazz and it's really just as important as some of the others - I know it's called a mode not a scale technically but a lot of the time, it effectively serves the same purpose. The different types will often chop and change throughout 1 piece of music.

This is part 3 of 3 in my how to find minor scales theory made simple playlist
Don't miss out on the other videos to get the whole minor theory picture!

PART 1 on building and finding the natural minor by converting a major scale

Part 2 on finding the 'relative' minor

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VIDEO CHAPTERS/Timestamps ⏰

0:00 Intro
1:23 The Natural Minor
2:51 The Harmonic Minor
4:08 The Melodic Minor
5:32 Dorian
6:40 What is the difference between minor scales?
7:04 Finding minor scales in other keys
9:37 Minor scales on sheet music

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[jienbrucetablan]

Thank you my friend, I learned what I needed and wanted to learn my confusion about minor scales is now cleared

[kjwong]

Really good explanation, made things much easier for me.

[whotheloveisedgar]

love this lesson! It shed some light on some missing gaps I had. Thank you!

[gilles_jobin]

Excellentes explications. Un très grand merci à vous !

[PianoFromScratch]

What music have you learnt in a minor key??? Let me know below 👇👇

[felicitashorstschafer]

This is a really great explanation! Much appreciated 🙏.

[Poulscath]

I love learning about these structures and how everything is interconnected. Yay!

[lawrencetaylor]

Merci beaucoup. This is the most concise explanation on minor scales I've seen.
Bravo.

[darkunft]

When i started, i thought theory would be the hardest part to learn. Because i never got it before with trying guitar or in school. With your videos and PDFs on the side ... it is so amazinlgy "natural" (chrchr) and everything fits together and one gets the whole picture. I just watched a clip and the guy said "its e dorian" and now I GET IT!. Looking forward to play together with other people and understand the language, add suggestions ... try stuff. And all thanks to your channel (and my motivation ... which is fueled by your videos!)

[willlandman]

Great quality videos mate, Helping me out

[jermbeatz]

How much time a day would you say is recommended for a beginner

[T-marie-N]

I'm learning Greensleeves in D minor. Nearly all the Bs (6ths) have a natural accidental and two of the Cs (7ths) are sharpened in the Treble Clef but in the Bass Clef they're all as the key signature indicates. My question is what is the determining factor in identifying the type of minor? (Sheet music is in Bastien Vol. 2 Older Beginner p. 26). Edit: well, I read the description AFTER posting this and I see they can "chop and change". Maybe that's my answer.

[AngelMartinez-qscf]

Need a course like this for the guitar....Can anyone help.