If there are major scales there are also minor scales. The notes on a major scale sound bright and cheerful while notes on the minor scale sound solemn and sad. There are three types of minor scales: Natural Minor Scale - When you play all the notes in a minor key signature, you are playing the minor scale. To guide you, here are the minor scales in every key: C = C - D - Eb - F - G - Ab - Bb - C D = D - E - F - G - A - Bb - C - D E = E - F# - G - A - B - C - D - E F = F - G - Ab - Bb - C - Db - Eb - F G = G - A - Bb - C - D - Eb - F - G A = A - B - C - D - E - F - G - A B = B - C# - D - E - F# - G - A - B C# = C# - D# - E - F# - G# - A - B - C# Eb = Eb - F - Gb - Ab - Bb - Cb - Db - Eb F# = F# - G# - A - B - C# - D - E - F# G# = G# - A# - B - C# - D# - E - F# - G# Bb = Bb - C - Db - Eb - F - Gb - Ab - Bb
Harmonic Minor Scale Harmonic Minor Scale - To play a harmonic minor scale, you simply raise the seventh note of the scale by a half-step as you go up and down the scale. For example: Natural C Minor Scale = C - D - Eb - F - G - Ab - Bb - C Harmonic C Minor Scale = C - D - Eb - F - G - Ab - B - C
Melodic Minor Scal Melodic Minor Scale - When you raise the sixth and seventh notes of a scale by a half step as you go up the scale and then return to the natural minor as you go down the scale. For example: Melodic C Minor Scale = C - D - Eb - F - G - A - B - C (as you go up the scale) Natural C Minor Scale = C - D - Eb - F - G - Ab - Bb - C (as you go down the scale)
Hi, Just linking to my post on Minor scales. Hope it ads something to the thread. https://basicmusictheory.blogspot.com/2009/09/diatonic-heptatonic-major-and-minor.html#minor