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Absolutely, you must learn minor scales and harmony! Relative major/minor pairs share the same key signatures, but minor harmony - and the scales involved - work differently than major.
- Should I learn minor scale?
- What is the rule for minor scales?
- How do you convert major scales to minors?
- What makes major scales different from minor ones?
Should I learn minor scale?
Learning all of the modes of any scale especially minor, gives you a better understanding of how soloists, composers, and arrangers choose certain modes of the minor scale and why the songs sound a certain way. It is good to practice melodic and harmonic minor.
What is the rule for minor scales?
The pattern for the minor scale starts a half step plus a whole step lower than the major scale pattern, so a relative minor is always three half steps lower than its relative major. For example, C minor has the same key signature as E flat major, since E flat is a minor third higher than C.
How do you convert major scales to minors?
The only thing that is shared is the root, or starting pitch. In order to convert a major scale to a minor scale (natural minor), the 3rd, 6th, and 7th degrees are lowered by a half-step.
What makes major scales different from minor ones?
The difference between major and minor chords and scales boils down to a difference of one essential note – the third. The third is what gives major-sounding scales and chords their brighter, cheerier sound, and what gives minor scales and chords their darker, sadder sound.
