The eighth note in a scale is a higher version (or lower, if descending) of the first (or root note) that bookends that octave The Minor Scales - Music Theory Academ The A Minor Scale include exactly the same notes as the C Major Scale which makes them relative keys (read more about this further down the page) Every scale - major or minor - consists of a sequence of seven notes in ascending or descending order. This scale can be confusing because it is in a way identical to the Major Scale. Side note: Melodic and harmonic minor scales are nothing to do with melodic and harmonic intervals The three groups of Minor scales are: The Natural Minor (see below) The Melodic Minor The Harmonic Minor The Natural Minor Scale is often referred to simply as the Minor Scale.
The three types of minor scale that we'll look at are: The natural minor scale The harmonic minor scale The melodic minor scale All three of these minor scales start the same but have some slight differences after that. To guide you, here are the minor scales in every key: C = C - D - Eb - F - G - Ab - Bb. However, there are in fact 3 minor scales which you will come across and can use: Natural Minor Scale Harmonic Minor Scale Melodic Minor Scale When you play all the notes in a minor key signature, you are playing the minor scale. The minor scale is the scale which sounds negative - it is used by composers to depict sad, melancholic or even angry/dramatic moods.