Minor scales. 2 2
It's good to know your minor scales as well, because they will be 3 3
used with your minor chords, and you'll need to know which notes are C. 4 4
So if you're playing C minor 7, or F minor 7, 5 5
you'll need to know what scale will work with that chord. 6 6
And there's a lot of different minor scales, but to start with your most 7 7
often used two forms of minor scale, so those are what we'll concentrate on. 8 8
The natural minor scale and the minor seven scale. 9 9
Don't worry about why they have these names. 10 10
Just memorize them using the memory tricks. 11 11
You can work out all the theory later on. 12 12
So first of all the natural minor scale. 13 13
Now this is used if a piece is in an overall minor key. 14 14
So in other words, it's been written in a minor key, and 15 15
the overall scale that fits with that key will be called the natural minor scale. 16 16
So if a piece is written. 17 17
[MUSIC] 18 18
Key of C minor. 19 19
[MUSIC] 20 20
It'll be a scale that works with that key. 21 21
Okay, just as if the piece is written in C major, you have the C major scale. 22 22
[MUSIC] 23 23
That's the overall scale used. So now you could just try and 24 24
memorize all the natural minor chords, but there's a much easier way to play them. 25 25
The trick is that natural minor scales share the same notes 26 26
as one of the major scales. 27 27
So they're all said to have a relative major scale. 28 28
And the reason these memory tricks are so 29 29
useful is that once you know all your major scales, you can play them easily, 30 30
you'll be able to use that knowledge to form the minor chords. 31 31
So that kind of saves from having to learn dozens and dozens of scales. 32 32
Now it may sound a bit complicated, but try a few examples and 33 33
hopefully it'll get easier to understand. 34 34
So the formula for 35 35
natural minor scales is that they share the exact same notes as a major chord. 36 36
Built on the third of the minor chord. 37 37
So let's see if we can find the notes for the C minor natural scale. 38 38
So you're playing in the key of C minor. 39 39
[MUSIC] 40 40
So play the chord of C minor and see that the third is the note E flat. 41 41
So basically, if we play a major scale of E flat. 42 42
[MUSIC] 43 43
That's the Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do. 44 44
[MUSIC] 45 45
We have the notes for the scale of C minor natural. 46 46
Okay? 47 47
But if we play, so you can see that the E flat major scale has three flats. 48 48
B flat, [SOUND] E flat, [SOUND] and A flat. 49 49
[SOUND] Okay, so, remember the sequence of flats. 50 50
B, E flat, plus A flat, but if you start that and 51 51
that's the three flats in the scale. 52 52
And if you start that scale, play those exact notes, but start on C and end on C. 53 53
[MUSIC] 54 54
That's the C minor natural scale. 55 55
And that'll work over C minor. 56 56
[MUSIC] 57 57
But have a close look. 58 58
You can see that's still using the same notes. 59 59
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As E-flat major. 61 61
So those two scales are related to one another. 62 62
So C minor natural. 63 63
[SOUND] E-flat major. 64 64
[SOUND] Exact same notes just different starting points. 65 65
So think about if you have learned all your major skills you can easily play 66 66
these minor natural scales. 67 67
So let's try D minor natural. 68 68
So the formula is that the natural minor uses the same notes 69 69
of a major scale built on the third of the minor chord. 70 70
So you're playing in the key of D minor. 71 71
[SOUND] There's the third which is F. 72 72
So build a major scale on F. 73 73
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Okay, it's got the B flat in it. 75 75
Okay. 76 76
So now play those exact same notes but start on D and end on D. 77 77
For the D minor natural scale. 78 78
[MUSIC] 79 79
Okay, get the idea?