MUS 069A Chapter 5: Major, Minor, and Pentatonic Scales
16 Sep 2017
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Every major scale uses the same notes and signs as a corresponding natural minor scale. They are identified as relative major and minor scales. Only difference is where it begins and ends. The minor is the same series of pitches, except it begins on the sixth scale degree of the major scale. Lowercase letters are used when referring to minor scales while uppercase letters indicate major scales. Relative minor - always utilizes the same pitches, but begins on the sixth scale degree of its major counterpart. Whatever chromatic signs appear in major scale will appear in the relative minor, have different placement with respect to scale degree. In any natural minor scale, to find the relative minor, use the same pitches and spell the scale beginning on the third scale degree. Only numbering changes (which alters the position of whole and half steps). The pitches remain the same as well as all chromatic alterations.
