

So to start with, if you play a C Major Scale but start and end on the note A, you will hear the A Pure Minor Scale. This was the first type of minor scale that was commonly used.
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This royalty-free extract was recorded by Luke Faulkner ( Source, license Public Domain Mark 1. The minor scale in its most basic form is called 'the classical minor', 'the natural minor', or 'the aeolian mode' - they are all the same. 1 written by Frédéric Chopin is xomposed in C minor :

Here are some works by famous composers composed in C minor: Nocturne in C minor, Op. You can find C minor on the circle of fifths and its key signature, relative major key and closely related keys : The leading Tone of C minor is B, because B is the degree VII and is distant to a seventh major of the tonic, or an half step (semitone ) lower than the tonic). The relative major key of C minor is E flat Major and below if the E flat Major scale : The note names of C descending melodic minor scale are : C B♭ A♭ G F E♭ D These three types of minor scales should be thought of. The note names of C ascending melodic minor scale are : C D E♭ F G A♮ B♮ There are three different types of minor scales: natural minor, harmonic minor, and melodic minor. The note names of C harmonic minor scale are : C D E♭ F G A♭ B♮ In the table below you see the differences between the G major scale and G minor scale. The relative minor can be found on the sixth degree of any major scale. The minor scale, however, contains a minor, or flattened 3rd degree that is 1 1/2 steps away from the root. In music theory, the minor scale is three scale patterns the natural minor scale (or Aeolian mode), the harmonic minor scale, and the melodic minor scale (ascending or descending) mirroring the major scale, with its harmonic and melodic forms. However, it has three variants: the natural minor, the harmonic minor, and the melodic minor. The note names of C natural minor scale are : C D E♭ F G A♭ B♭ A minor scale exists that is composed of the notes from a C major scale Since these two scales relate to each other so closely, this is said to be the relative minor. Just like the major scale, the minor scale has seven notes. Here are all C minor scales: C natural minor scale Of these, the natural minor scale is most common in Western music. There are three types of minor scales in music theory: the natural minor scale, the harmonic minor scale, and the melodic minor scale. There are four different kinds of minor scales and here are all C minor scales: Minor chords and minor-key music use notes from minor scales. The key signature of C minor scale has three flats (3♭) because its relative major key is E flat Major scale.
