It is similar to natural minor except that the seventh scale degree is raised by a half step.

The natural minor scale that uses all 7 flats is Ab natural minor.ДЄnother form of the minor scale that is commonly used is called the Harmonic Minor scale. The natural minor scale has 6 flats starts on Eb. There is a natural minor scale that uses 5 flats, it is named Bb natural minor. Start on F and you get the notes shown below. The natural minor scale that uses 3 flats is named C natural minor. When starting on the note G, the pattern yields the notes shown below. If you start on the note D and adhere to the formula of 2-1-2-2-1-2-2 you get the D natural minor scale shown below. Check out the list of scales shown below. There is a natural minor scale using 1 flat, 2 flats, 3 flats, 4 flats, 5 flats, 6 flats and 7 flats. The same situation works for the natural minor scales using flats. The natural minor scale that uses all 7 sharps is A# natural minor. The natural minor scale that uses 6 sharps starts on D#. The natural minor scale that uses 5 sharps is named G# natural minor. Start on C# and you get the following notes.

The natural minor scale that uses 3 sharps is named F# natural minor. When starting on the note B, the pattern yields the notes shown below. The E natural minor scale uses the same interval formula as A natural minor W-H-W-W-H-W-W. When starting on the note E and adhering to the natural minor interval formula, the scale will have one sharp, F#. There is a minor scale similarly related to the scale of G major (which has one sharp, F#). The A natural minor scale is related to the C major scale because both scales use natural notes (white keys) only. There is always a constant relationship between a natural minor scale and a major scale that contains the same amount of sharps or flats. The natural minor scale can be created on any of the twelve pitches (using 15 different letter names). Many melodies use the natural minor scale and one well known tune is 'God Rest Ye Merry Gentleman'. The natural minor scale has a constant relationship with a specific major scale and that relationship will be studied in detail next week. The interval formula for a natural minor scale is as follows: The 'A' natural minor scale uses only the white keys: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. The beginning note of this natural minor scale is 'A'. Just as there is a major scale that uses nothing but the white keys of the keyboard, there is a natural minor scale that uses only the white keys. It uses both the natural minor and harmonic minor forms.ДЇirst we start with the natural minor scale. Your browser does not support the audio tag.Д«lack Orpheus by the Brazilian composer Luiz Bonfa is a bossa nova classic in a minor key. These differences will be examined in this week's lesson. The difference between these three forms of the minor scale is only one or two notes. Actually, the minor scale comes in three varieties, NATURAL MINOR, HARMONIC MINOR, and MELODIC MINOR. Another commonly used scale is the MINOR SCALE. We have studied the construction of the major scale but that scale is only one of many commonly used scales in music.

Melodic minor scales treble clef in eb