The Minor Scale
In western music there are three different minor scales. These are the natural minor, the harmonic minor and the melodic minor. Each features a slightly different sequence of tones and semitones, as illustrated in the following examples using A as the tonic.
A Natural Minor Scale
A Minor Harmonic - 7th note sharpened (called the leading note):
A Minor Melodic - 6th and 7th notes sharpened when ascending and returned to natural when descending.
Of these three minor scales outlined previously, the melodic minor is the most commonly used. The following table lists the 13 most commonly used minor scales.
Class Sessions
1- INTRODUCTION
2- Basic Fingerpicking Technique
3- The Rudiments of Music
4- Putting It all Together
5- Pick and Fingers Technique
6- Basic Fingerpicking Licks
7- Lead Guitar Patterns
8- More Patterns and Techniques
9- Picking Notes Together
10- Chord Based Licks - Second Position
11- Chord Based Licks - First Position
12- Fingerpicking Patterns
13- Electronic Tuner
14- Note Values
15- Playing Position
16- Hand Technique
17- Chord Diagrams Used in This Book
18- Time Signatures
19- Picking the Strings
20- Scales
21- The Chromatic Scale
22- The Major Scale
23- The Minor Scale
24- The Minor Pentatonic Scale
25- The Major Pentatonic Scale
26- Keys and Key Signatures
27- Relative Keys
28- Other Fingerpicking Books in the Progressive Series