

If you use this scale at the point of perfect cadence (V-I) in the Minor Key, a good melody can easily be made. In Example 2 the curved bracket represents a distance of three half-steps (this could also be thought of as a whole-step plus a half-step. For instance, Pattern 1 will correspond to a C chord. One of the big differences in the natural minor scale aka the Aeolian mode is that the seventh degree is a minor seventh. Let's listen to the sample song using the Harmonic minor scale. The harmonic minor form of the minor scale consists of an ordered collection of half- and whole-steps in the ascending succession W-H-W-W-H-3Hs-H, as shown in Example 2: Example 2. These CAGED scale patterns help you learn the harmonic minor scale as it relates to standard CAGED chords. A lot of what was discussed in the article about Major Scale Chord Functions is also true for the Minor Scale Chord Functions and functional harmony in general. Seventh Chord in the A Harmonic Minor Scale Notice that the progressions use chords from the A natural minor scale, except for the V7 chord, E7, which comes from the harmonic minor scale. Harmonic minor scale has the following triads and 7th chords. Then, the 5th chord becomes a dominant function.īack to the top of the page Triads and Seventh Chords Although this interval may give unique vibes to the sound, as I referred it in the page of Indian scale, Gypsy scale and Oriental scale, It is more important that 7th note became a leading tone. Harmonic minor scale has Whole-and-a-Half step interval in the scale. This lecture is the harmonic minor scale.
