See also harmonizing minor scales into chords.

If you play in the A Minor you will get a gloomier and kind of melancholy sound compared to C Major. You don't need to memorize all relative keys, if you want to know the relative minor just go to the sixth degree in the major scale or, the other way around, to the third degree in the minor scale to identify the relative major.Īlthough the notes are the same, there is a difference between two relative keys: the tonic (first tone in the scale) is different and this leads to different sounds. G Major is relative with E Minor, F Major is relative to D Minor here are all relative keys listed: Relative keys have, as said above, the same notes and can be found for all major and natural minor scales. A Dorian b2 Scale : Phrygian 6 : b9sus4 chords 3. The Minor scales in graphic compilation are available in the member area.Ī collection of all Natural Minor scale charts can be downloaded as a PDF-file. A Melodic Minor Scale : Jazz Minor Scale : minor chords, min/maj7 chords 2. Still, these names are not used adjacent to the diagrams to avoid confusions.įingering: 1 = Thumb | 2 = index finger | 3 = middle finger | 4 = ring finger | 5 = little finger.įormula: Whole, Half, Whole, Whole, Half, Whole, Whole This is theoretically correct since it is preferable to avoid the same letter twice. * Concerning the use of B#, Bbb, Cb, Ebb, Fb and E#. If you would like to learn scales according to the order of difficulty, please refer to the graded syllabus.A#/Bb: A#, B#, C#, D#, E# (F), F#, G#, A# / Bb, C, Db, Eb, F, Gb, Ab, BbĬ#/Db: C#, D#, E, F#, G#, A, B, C# / Db, Eb, Fb (E), Gb, Ab, Bbb (A), Cb (B), Dbĭ#/Eb: D#, E# (F), F#, G#, A#, B, C#, D# / Eb, F, Gb, Ab, Bb, Cb (B), Db, Ebį#/Gb: F#, G#, A, B, C#, D, E, F# / Gb, Ab, Bbb (A), Cb (B), Db, Ebb (D), Fb (E), Gb The scales here are not arranged by order of difficulty, but rather in a chronological order. For those who want to learn or revise all the harmonic minor scales, all scale diagrams and videos are complied here.

A flat natural minor scale