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Expanded Chart of Minor Scales


MINOR SCALES WITH A FLAT SEVENTH

Common Name:

Other Names:

Way to Remember:

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Natural Minor

Aeolian Mode, Minor, Pure Minor

Essential (Memorize)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Blues

Minor Blues

Essential (Memorize)

1 3 4 b5 5 7

Dorian Minor

Dorian Mode

Minor with a Natural 6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Spanish Minor

Phrygian Mode

Minor with a b2

1 b2 3 4 5 b6 7

Hexatonic Minor

 

Minor no 6 at all

1 2 3 4 5 7

Pentatonic Minor

 

Notes Common to the scales above.

1 3 4 5 7

MINOR SCALES WITH A NATURAL SEVENTH

Harmonic Minor

 

Minor with a Natural 7

1 2 3 4 5 b6  7

Jazz Minor

Ascending Melodic Minor

Major with a b3

1 2 b3 4 5 6 7

 

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MINOR SCALES WITH A FLAT SEVENTH

Common Name:

Other Names:

Way to Remember:

          Spelling:

Natural Minor

Aeolian Mode, Minor, Pure Minor

Essential (Memorize)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Blues

Minor Blues

Essential (Memorize)

1 3 4 b5 5 7

Dorian Minor

Dorian Mode

Minor with a Natural 6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Spanish Minor

Phrygian Mode

Minor with a b2

1 b2 3 4 5 b6 7

Hexatonic Minor

 

Minor no 6 at all

1 2 3 4 5 7

Pentatonic Minor

 

Notes Common to the scales above.

1 3 4 5 7

Bebop Minor 1

 

Dorian Minor with a

b3 and a 3rd

1 2 3 3 4 5 6 7

Bebop Minor 2

 

Dorian Minor with a

6 and a b6

1 23 4 5 6 6 7

MINOR SCALES WITH A NATURAL SEVENTH

Harmonic Minor

 

Minor with a Natural 7

1 2 3 4 5 b6  7

Jazz Minor

Ascending Melodic Minor

Major with a b3

1 2 b3 4 5 6 7

Neapolitan Minor

 

Spanish Minor with

a 7

1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 7

 

Guitar Lessons San Francisco- ©2011 Jay Skyler

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