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How is the ascending form of the melodic minor scale different from the descending form?
When ascending, the melodic minor scale has a raised 6th and 7th scale degree, but those two notes are lowered when descending.
What two intervals are used to build major and minor scales?
The two intervals used to build major and minor scales are half steps and whole steps (also called minor seconds and major seconds). In the harmonic minor scale, an augmented second is used between scale degrees 6 and 7.
What is a major scale with a minor third called?
Simply a minor scale
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 third note in an A minor scale?
C is the third note of an A minor scale.
How is the ascending form of the melodic minor scale different from the descending form?
When ascending, the melodic minor scale has a raised 6th and 7th scale degree, but those two notes are lowered when descending.
How many kinds of minor scales are there?
Harmonic Minor - The first minor scale you will learn, uses the accidentals in the key signature with a sharp 7th. Melodic Minor - First half of the scale is minor, the second half is major (ascending). Descending, only the accidentals in the scale are used. Natural Minor - Same notes as the relative major but ending on the first note of the minor scale. Hope this helps.
What scale degrees are altered in a melodic minor?
In a melodic minor scale, the 6th and 7th degree of the scale is raised up 1 half step on the way up the scale. On the way back down the scale, the 6th and 7th are back down to the natural form of the minor.
What is a melodic scale in music?
A melodic minor scale is a minor scale where the sixth and seventh are raised by a half step as the scale ascends; however, the melodic minor scale is played exactly the same as a natural minor scale as it descends.
What minor scale has a key signature of b flat and e flat?
well the minor scale was unfortunait used to be b flat then it was changed to e flat.
What two intervals are used to build major and minor scales?
The two intervals used to build major and minor scales are half steps and whole steps (also called minor seconds and major seconds). In the harmonic minor scale, an augmented second is used between scale degrees 6 and 7.
What is a major scale with a minor third called?
Simply a minor scale
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.
When using tonic sol-fa what is the minor scale equivalent eg doh ray mi what is the minor form of mi?
Me (pronounced may)
What is the third note in an A minor scale?
C is the third note of an A minor scale.
Which flat is in a d minor scale?
B flat is in the d minor scale.
What does a major scale have in common with its parallel minor scale?
A major scale and its relative minor scale share the same key signature.
