I use the "melodic" minor for the purposes of keyboard mastery. There are three forms of the minor scale: natural, harmonic and melodic minor. Minor Scales - Two and Three Octave Transposable PatternsAfter you have learned to play the transposable major scales, and have memorized and practiced them in all 12 keys, the next step is to learn the minor scales. Bowing for scalesEach scale sounds similarly “minor-like”, but they each also have their own unique flavour.Let’s have a look at each minor scale in turn.The natural minor scale is the most basic form of the minor scale.It follows a set pattern of note intervals.The set pattern of intervals for the notes of the natural minor scale is:Tone – Semitone – Tone – Tone – Semitone – Tone – ToneIt is the same pattern of notes when going up the scale as when going down the scale.The natural minor scale follows the notes set out in the key signature for the scale without any changes.Let’s have a look at two examples of natural minor scales: A Natural Minor ScaleThe key signature of A minor tells us that there are no sharps or flats (in other words, you play all the white notes on a keyboard and none of the black notes).Look at a keyboard and play a scale (of all the white notes) starting on A and going up until you reach the A above it (I have highlighted these notes in red on the keyboard above).You have just played an ascending A Natural Minor Scale.Come back down again and you have just played the descending A Natural Minor Scale.Have a look/listen to the A Natural Minor being played on the piano:Notice how we have added a B Flat to the key signature at the start of the scale.This tells the performer to play a B flat instead of a B natural each time.This is because the key signature of D minor has one flat, B Flat.The harmonic minor scale has a slightly more intense feel to it than the natural minor scale.
Pay careful attention to tone quality. Make sure that you shift in a completely smooth way - this is one of the hardest and most valuable lessons. This scale playing probably takes about 20 minutes to complete the whole cycle. Over several seasons, you will have a tremendous increase in your total technical skills on the guitar.
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Over time you will be comfortable with any right hand pattern as well.Check out the images below, and if you wish to download a free PDF, just click on the image and you can download from there. At least alternate i & m then m & a then i & a. Vary the right hand patterns.
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