Guitar scales · Harmonic minor
A harmonic minor scale on guitar
The A The natural minor scale with its 7th raised a half step, which makes the V chord major and gives it a strong pull home. scale has seven notes: A, B, C, D, E, F and G♯. As degrees: 1, 2, ♭3, 4, 5, ♭6 and 7.
Notes and pattern
The A harmonic minor scale
The minor scale with the same notes as its relative major: in A minor, A B C D E F G. with a raised 7th, giving minor keys a strong major V chord. Play it to hear it up and down.
From note to note it climbs 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 3 and 1 The metal strips across the neck, and the spaces between them. Each fret raises a string by one half step.. The gap of 3 frets is what gives it its sound.
A The natural minor scale with its 7th raised a half step, which makes the V chord major and gives it a strong pull home. is A minor with its 7th raised a The smallest distance in Western music: one fret on the guitar, such as E to F or F to F♯.: G♯ instead of G. See that scale.
- A1
- B2
- C♭3
- D4
- E5
- F♭6
- G♯7
- A, the root
- Other scale notes
Chords
Chords from the A harmonic minor scale
Stack every other note of the scale on each degree and you get its chords.
Numerals follow the key's own scale, so III, VI and VII in a minor key are its own major chords. A ♭ or ♯ in front marks a chord from outside the key. How Roman numerals work
Same root
Other scales on A
Change a note or two and the same The note a chord is named after and built up from. C is the root of C, Cm and C7. takes on a new mood.
Questions
A harmonic minor, in short
- What notes are in the A harmonic minor scale?
- The A The natural minor scale with its 7th raised a half step, which makes the V chord major and gives it a strong pull home. scale has seven notes: A, B, C, D, E, F and G♯. As degrees: 1, 2, ♭3, 4, 5, ♭6 and 7.
- What chords go with the A harmonic minor scale?
- The chords built on A harmonic minor are Am, B°, C+, Dm, E, F and G♯°.