Another way to play the E harmonic minor scale is in the open position. To play the scale in this position, use your index finger to play notes on the 1st fret, your middle finger to play notes on the 2nd, your ring finger to play notes on the 3rd, and your pinkie to play notes ...
Without a raised leading tone (scale degree seven), natural minor does not contain the notes needed to create adominant seventh chordfrom its fifth degree. Raising the seventh degree of the natural minor scale solves the problem and gives you the Harmonic Minor scale. Here’s the interval patt...
Easy ways tounderstand intervals(which are merelydistances between notes). There are melodic intervals and harmonic intervals and you'll learn both. Simply put, if you can understand freeway signs:"Next exit in 3 miles"... then you can understand intervals!
Like all major scales, all minor scales have the same relationships of whole and half steps between their notes. If you were to modulate up a half-step and play a Bb minor scale, you'd play Bb C Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb. Notice how, just like the major scale, as you play both scales...
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Basically, you’ve got two keys: major and minor (there are others, but they aren’t used very often), and these keys define the notes in the scale. At the same time, they define the chords that are assigned to each of these notes. So what this means for us (once we figure out...
The D Harmonic minor looks quite similar to the chord, but am I allowed to play this scale in the background? Doesn't that contradict with the fact that the song is in D natural minor? I moved to the C minor 6th which is C, Eb, G, A. I see that the Eb is in this...
Do you notice that F♯ and G♭ are the same key? We call keys like these enharmonic equivalents. Practice finding the following sharps on your keyboard: A♯ C♯ D♯ Moonlight Sonata and The Sharp Now, let’s check out the lesson “Moonlight Sonata and The Sharp” from the In...
Do you notice that F♯ and G♭ are the same key? We call keys like these enharmonic equivalents. Practice finding the following sharps on your keyboard: A♯ C♯ D♯ Moonlight Sonata and The Sharp Now, let’s check out the lesson “Moonlight Sonata and The Sharp” from the In...
2. Play along with songs you enjoy. Load up a track you like into your DAW, and loop a section that doesn’t have a melody playing. Then, experiment with either playing, humming or singing melodies that work with that track. This is really to get your creative juices flowing. ...