Any scale can start on any note. That's why there are 12 major scales.
The 7th note (leading note) is raised by a semitone in a harmonic minor scale.
The tones within a scale are divided by either tones or semitones. In a major scale, the order always goes: tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone. For a minor scale, in natural form, the order always goes: tone, semitone, tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone.
In a harmonic minor scale, the 7th note is up one semitone ascending and descending. In a melodic minor scale, the 6th and 7th note is up one semitone ascending, and back to the natural minor scale descending.
Both of them are diatonic scales. Major scale is written as per key signature. Harmonic minor scales have a raised 7th. The semitone leaps in these scales are different.
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The 7th note (leading note) is raised by a semitone in a harmonic minor scale.
Tone, semitone, tone, tone, semitone, tone + semitone, semitone.
The tones within a scale are divided by either tones or semitones. In a major scale, the order always goes: tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone. For a minor scale, in natural form, the order always goes: tone, semitone, tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone.
In a harmonic minor scale, the 7th note is up one semitone ascending and descending. In a melodic minor scale, the 6th and 7th note is up one semitone ascending, and back to the natural minor scale descending.
A minor scale begins on the sixth step of its relative major scale. For example, the A minor scale is the relative minor of C major, and it starts on the sixth degree of the C major scale. This relationship allows the minor scale to share the same key signature as its relative major scale.
tone, tone, semitone, tone tone, tone, semitone
Both of them are diatonic scales. Major scale is written as per key signature. Harmonic minor scales have a raised 7th. The semitone leaps in these scales are different.
tone tone semitone tone tone tone semitone
A relative major scale begins on the same note as its relative minor scale, but starts on a different degree of the scale.
The A harmonic minor scale uses 1 sharp on the seventh degree, that would be a G♯, and you play the G♯ both when ascending and descending. The sequence of tones and semitones in a harmonic minor scale are as follows: Tone Semitone Tone Tone Semitone, Tone-and a half, Semitone. In A minot this is A (up a tone), B (up a semitone), C (up a tone), D (up a tone), E (up a semitone), F (up a tone-and-a-half), G♯ (up a semitone), A.
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There are eight notes (steps) in a major musical scale. If whole steps are tones and half steps are semitones, then the order is tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone.