1 1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:01,060 Minor scales. 2 2 00:00:02,410 --> 00:00:05,470 It's good to know your minor scales as well, because they will be 3 3 00:00:05,470 --> 00:00:08,860 used with your minor chords, and you'll need to know which notes are C. 4 4 00:00:08,860 --> 00:00:12,530 So if you're playing C minor 7, or F minor 7, 5 5 00:00:12,530 --> 00:00:16,160 you'll need to know what scale will work with that chord. 6 6 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:20,960 And there's a lot of different minor scales, but to start with your most 7 7 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:25,660 often used two forms of minor scale, so those are what we'll concentrate on. 8 8 00:00:25,660 --> 00:00:28,720 The natural minor scale and the minor seven scale. 9 9 00:00:29,760 --> 00:00:31,840 Don't worry about why they have these names. 10 10 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:34,600 Just memorize them using the memory tricks. 11 11 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:36,310 You can work out all the theory later on. 12 12 00:00:37,570 --> 00:00:40,950 So first of all the natural minor scale. 13 13 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,470 Now this is used if a piece is in an overall minor key. 14 14 00:00:47,030 --> 00:00:50,360 So in other words, it's been written in a minor key, and 15 15 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:55,000 the overall scale that fits with that key will be called the natural minor scale. 16 16 00:00:56,190 --> 00:00:57,022 So if a piece is written. 17 17 00:00:57,022 --> 00:00:58,183 [MUSIC] 18 18 00:00:58,183 --> 00:00:59,216 Key of C minor. 19 19 00:00:59,216 --> 00:01:03,685 [MUSIC] 20 20 00:01:03,685 --> 00:01:05,520 It'll be a scale that works with that key. 21 21 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:09,840 Okay, just as if the piece is written in C major, you have the C major scale. 22 22 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,799 [MUSIC] 23 23 00:01:12,799 --> 00:01:17,310 That's the overall scale used. So now you could just try and 24 24 00:01:17,310 --> 00:01:22,040 memorize all the natural minor chords, but there's a much easier way to play them. 25 25 00:01:23,220 --> 00:01:27,780 The trick is that natural minor scales share the same notes 26 26 00:01:27,780 --> 00:01:30,020 as one of the major scales. 27 27 00:01:30,020 --> 00:01:32,540 So they're all said to have a relative major scale. 28 28 00:01:32,540 --> 00:01:35,600 And the reason these memory tricks are so 29 29 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:40,370 useful is that once you know all your major scales, you can play them easily, 30 30 00:01:40,370 --> 00:01:43,470 you'll be able to use that knowledge to form the minor chords. 31 31 00:01:43,470 --> 00:01:46,780 So that kind of saves from having to learn dozens and dozens of scales. 32 32 00:01:46,780 --> 00:01:50,970 Now it may sound a bit complicated, but try a few examples and 33 33 00:01:50,970 --> 00:01:52,870 hopefully it'll get easier to understand. 34 34 00:01:53,870 --> 00:01:55,480 So the formula for 35 35 00:01:55,480 --> 00:02:01,610 natural minor scales is that they share the exact same notes as a major chord. 36 36 00:02:01,610 --> 00:02:03,380 Built on the third of the minor chord. 37 37 00:02:03,380 --> 00:02:08,588 So let's see if we can find the notes for the C minor natural scale. 38 38 00:02:08,588 --> 00:02:11,224 So you're playing in the key of C minor. 39 39 00:02:11,224 --> 00:02:12,164 [MUSIC] 40 40 00:02:12,164 --> 00:02:16,286 So play the chord of C minor and see that the third is the note E flat. 41 41 00:02:16,286 --> 00:02:20,418 So basically, if we play a major scale of E flat. 42 42 00:02:20,418 --> 00:02:24,180 [MUSIC] 43 43 00:02:24,180 --> 00:02:25,724 That's the Do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do. 44 44 00:02:25,724 --> 00:02:29,184 [MUSIC] 45 45 00:02:29,184 --> 00:02:33,224 We have the notes for the scale of C minor natural. 46 46 00:02:33,224 --> 00:02:35,104 Okay? 47 47 00:02:35,104 --> 00:02:40,201 But if we play, so you can see that the E flat major scale has three flats. 48 48 00:02:40,201 --> 00:02:44,938 B flat, [SOUND] E flat, [SOUND] and A flat. 49 49 00:02:44,938 --> 00:02:46,504 [SOUND] Okay, so, remember the sequence of flats. 50 50 00:02:46,504 --> 00:02:49,764 B, E flat, plus A flat, but if you start that and 51 51 00:02:49,764 --> 00:02:52,321 that's the three flats in the scale. 52 52 00:02:52,321 --> 00:02:57,743 And if you start that scale, play those exact notes, but start on C and end on C. 53 53 00:02:57,743 --> 00:03:03,825 [MUSIC] 54 54 00:03:03,825 --> 00:03:05,985 That's the C minor natural scale. 55 55 00:03:05,985 --> 00:03:08,144 And that'll work over C minor. 56 56 00:03:08,144 --> 00:03:15,076 [MUSIC] 57 57 00:03:15,076 --> 00:03:16,759 But have a close look. 58 58 00:03:16,759 --> 00:03:18,662 You can see that's still using the same notes. 59 59 00:03:18,662 --> 00:03:23,034 [MUSIC] 60 60 00:03:23,034 --> 00:03:24,126 As E-flat major. 61 61 00:03:24,126 --> 00:03:26,808 So those two scales are related to one another. 62 62 00:03:26,808 --> 00:03:28,491 So C minor natural. 63 63 00:03:28,491 --> 00:03:30,952 [SOUND] E-flat major. 64 64 00:03:30,952 --> 00:03:36,246 [SOUND] Exact same notes just different starting points. 65 65 00:03:36,246 --> 00:03:41,191 So think about if you have learned all your major skills you can easily play 66 66 00:03:41,191 --> 00:03:43,195 these minor natural scales. 67 67 00:03:44,690 --> 00:03:46,130 So let's try D minor natural. 68 68 00:03:47,220 --> 00:03:51,170 So the formula is that the natural minor uses the same notes 69 69 00:03:51,170 --> 00:03:54,350 of a major scale built on the third of the minor chord. 70 70 00:03:55,420 --> 00:03:58,195 So you're playing in the key of D minor. 71 71 00:03:58,195 --> 00:03:59,599 [SOUND] There's the third which is F. 72 72 00:03:59,599 --> 00:04:03,448 So build a major scale on F. 73 73 00:04:03,448 --> 00:04:10,657 [MUSIC] 74 74 00:04:10,657 --> 00:04:11,795 Okay, it's got the B flat in it. 75 75 00:04:11,795 --> 00:04:13,607 Okay. 76 76 00:04:13,607 --> 00:04:17,774 So now play those exact same notes but start on D and end on D. 77 77 00:04:17,774 --> 00:04:20,235 For the D minor natural scale. 78 78 00:04:20,235 --> 00:04:27,967 [MUSIC] 79 79 00:04:27,967 --> 00:04:29,992 Okay, get the idea?