The harmonic minor scale is one of the three popular minor scales. Those include the natural minor scale, melodic minor scale, and the harmonic minor scale. To me the harmonic minor scale has an Egyptian sound to it.
The difference between the natural minor scale and the harmonic minor scale is that the harmonic minor scale has a raised 7th degree, making it a major 7th. I'll break down the notes, intervals, and associated chords of an a harmonic minor scale below.
A B C D E F G#
1 2 flat3 4 5 flat6 7 Notes
i ii0 flatIII+ iv V flatVI vii0 Chords
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The Minor Scale is one of the most popular scales in Western Music. A minor scale is often used to compose a melody over a minor chord or to solo in a minor key. A minor key typically sounds much sadder or gloomy than the much more happy or energetic major scale. To give you some quick references "You Are My Sunshine" is in a major scale while "We Three Kings" is in a minor scale.
In the key of a minor the notes are A-B-C-D-E-F-G-A. If you noticed these contain the same notes as the key of C Major C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C but because they are in a different order they produce to different sounds and chords to be played over those songs. This can be a difficult concept to understand if you are just starting off learning music theory. I wouldn't not put to much thought into and come back to it after you understand many different scales and have a better grip of music theory.
In the key of a minor the notes are A-B-C-D-E-F-G-A. If you noticed these contain the same notes as the key of C Major C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C but because they are in a different order they produce to different sounds and chords to be played over those songs. This can be a difficult concept to understand if you are just starting off learning music theory. I wouldn't not put to much thought into and come back to it after you understand many different scales and have a better grip of music theory.
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