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The seventh degree is raised by a semitone both ascending and descending.

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Q: What is the difference between harmonic and natural minor?
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What is the difference of a melodic scale and a harmonic scale?

The difference between a melodic minor scale and a harmonic minor scale is that in a melodic minor scale, the sixth and seventh scale degrees are raised on the way up, and on the way down they are the same as they would be in natural minor. In a harmonic minor scale, only the seventh scale degree is raised and stays the same on the way down.


What is the difference between melodic and harmonic minor and major scales?

Harmonic minor scale has a raised 7th in both ascending and descending scales. Melodic minor has raised 6th and 7th in ascending scale. It is similar to natural minor in descending scale.


What are the three types of minor scales for piano?

Natural minor, harmonic minor, and melodic minor


What is the submediant of A?

F sharp in A major and in A melodic minor going up, and F natural in A natural minor, A harmonic minor, and A melodic minor going down.


How are harmonic and melodic minor scales different from natural minor scales?

The harmonic minor scale has the 7th note of the natural minor scale raised. The melodic minor scale has the 6th and 7th notes of the natural minor scale raised and then lowered. e.g. A natural minor: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A A harmonic minor: A, B, C, D, E, F, G#, A A melodic minor: A, B, C, D, E, F#, G#, A, G, F, E, D, C, B, A


How many varients of a minor scale are there?

There are three varients of a minor scale: natural, harmonic and melodic.


How many sharps does G sharp minor have?

The natural minor has 5 and the harmonic minor has 4 and a double sharp.


How do you play a harmonic minor scale?

A harmonic minor is a natural minor with a raised seventh. For example, starting with a major key: C Major C D E F G A B C A natural minor A B C D E F G A A harmonic minor A B C D E F G# A


What harmonic scale has 4 flats?

Bb Harmonic Minor has 4 flats, since in the harmonic version of the scale the A flat (7th degree) is raised to A natural.


What notes are in the melodic and harmonic scale?

There are a few types of scales for EACH key: major natural minor harmonic minor melodic minor The major is the one that you typically learn first, natural minor next, etc. The harmonic minor scale is a scale that is similar to the natural minor, only the 7th tone is raised by a half step. For the melodic, it is similar to the harmonic only its 6th tone is ALSO raised. NOTE: when you are coming down on a melodic scale, play the natural minor scale for that key. There are as many of each type of scale as there are scales, which, in total is 48. Including all of the 4 types listed above.


What happens to the notes in a harmonic minor scale?

The harmonic minor scale, in relation to the natural minor scale, has a raised 7th scale degree. This happens with the use of accidentals rather than the key signature.


How many half steps does a minor scale have?

two in natural minor, three in harmonic minor, and two in melodic minor going up and down.