Natural Minor Scale

Scale Notes: 1011010110101 Minor Pentatone: 1001010010101 Minor Pentatonic: 1001010100101 Blues: 1001011100101

Is considered a Minor Scale. Also called Aeolian, Diatoniko, Nisiotiko, and Pireotiko Minore. – Drop 2^nd and 5^th note to get Minor Pentatone Scale. – Drop 2^nd and 6^th note to get Minor Pentatonic Scale, then add #4^th to get Blues scale. – G Minor = Bb Major = C Dorian = D Ussak – G Minor ~ D Minor ~ C Minor – G Minor ~ G Harmonic Minor ~ C Roumaniko ~ D Hijaz – G Minor ~ G Nihavent ~ D Hijazkiar ~ D Pireotikos – G Minor ~ Bb Rast ~ Bb Huzam ~ Bb Segiah

Triads:
m	Dim	M		m		m	M				M
Sevenths:
m7^th (no 3^rd)	7^th b5^th(no 3^rd)	M7^th(no 3^rd)		m7^th(no 3^rd)		m7^th(no 3^rd)	M7^th(no 3^rd)				m7^th(no 3^rd)
m7^th (no 5^th)	m7^th(no 5^th)	M7^th(no 5^th)		m7^th(no 5^th)		m7^th(no 5^th)	M7^th(no 5^th)				7^th(no 5^th)
7^thSus4^th (no 5^th)	7^thSus4^th(no 5^th)	M7^thSus4^th(no 5^th)		7^thSus4^th(no 5^th)		7^thSus4^th (no 5^th)	M7^thb5^th (no 3^rd)				7^thSus4^th (no 5^th)
Ninths:
7^thSus2^nd(no 5^th)	7^thSusb2^nd(no 5^th)	M9^th(no 3^rd and 5^th)			7^thSus2^nd(no 5^th)	7^thSus2^nd(no 5^th)	M9^th(no 3^rd and 5^th)		7^thSus2^nd(no 5^th)
Fourths:
Sus4^th	Sus4^th	Sus4^th		Sus4^th		Sus4^th	Sus#4^th				Sus4^th
mAdd4^th(no 5^th)	mAdd4^th(no 5^th)	Add4^th(no 5^th)		mAdd4^th(no 5^th)		mAdd4^th(no 5^th)	Mb5^th				Add4^th(no 5^th)
Seconds:
Sus2^nd	Susb2^ndb5^th		Sus2^nd	Sus2^nd		Sus2^nd		Sus2^nd		Sus2^nd
m9^th(no 5^th and b7^th)	m9^thb2^nd(no 5^th and b7^th)		Add2^nd(no 5^th)	m9^th(no 5^th and b7^th)		Add2^nd(no 5^th)		m9^th(no 5^th and b7^th)		Add2^nd(no 5^th)
Sixths:
b6^th(no 3^rd)	b6^thb5^th(no 3^rd)	6^th(no 3^rd)		6^th(no 3^rd)		b6^th(no 3^rd)	6^th(no 3^rd)				6^th(no 3^rd)
mb6^th(no 5^th)	mb6^th(no 5^th)	6^th(no 5^th)		Dim7^th(no 5^th)		mb6^th(no 5^th)	6^th(no 5^th)				6^th(no 5^th)
>Root Note
C	D	Eb		F		G	Ab				Bb
C#	Eb	E		F#		Ab	A				B
D	E	F		G		A	Bb				C
Eb	F	F#		Ab		Bb	B				C#
E	F#	G		A		B	C				D
F	G	Ab		Bb		C	C#				Eb
F#	Ab	A		B		C#	D				E
G	A	Bb		C		D	Eb				F
Ab	Bb	B		C#		Eb	E				F#
A	B	C		D		E	F				G
Bb	C	C#		Eb		F	F#				Ab
B	C#	D		E		F#	G				A

Natural Minor Scale

Scale Notes: 1011010110101 Minor Pentatone: 1001010010101 Minor Pentatonic: 1001010100101 Blues: 1001011100101

Is considered a Minor Scale. Also called Aeolian, Diatoniko, Nisiotiko, and Pireotiko Minore. – Drop 2^nd and 5^th note to get Minor Pentatone Scale. – Drop 2^nd and 6^th note to get Minor Pentatonic Scale, then add #4^th to get Blues scale. Is a mode of Major, Dorian, and Usssak Scales – A Minor = C Major = D Dorian = E Ussak ~ A Ussak – G Minor = Bb Major = C Dorian = D Ussak ~ G Ussak – If you start 2 scale degrees forward you get Major – If you start 3 scale degrees forward you get Dorian – If you start 4 scale degrees forward you get Ussak – Give it a b2^nd note and you get Ussak in the same key as the original Minor Scale you where playing. Is Similar to Harmonic Minor, Hijaz, and Roumaniko – G Minor ~ G Harmonic Minor ~ C Roumaniko ~ D Hijaz – If you give it a #7^th you get Harmonic Minor – If you give it a #7^th and start 3 scale degrees forward you get Roumaniko – If you give it a #7^th and start 4 scale degrees forward you get Hijaz To Modulate to Rast, Huzam, Seghiah. Note: Definitions of Rast and Huzam vary amongst players. – G Minor ~ Bb Rast ~ Bb Huzam ~ Bb Segiah – If you give it a b2^nd and start 2 scale degrees forward then it’s the descending form of Rast, and makes more use of passing notes, like b3^rd, #4^th, and b8^th (relative to root note of Rast). – If you give it a #4^th note start 2 scale degrees forward then you get Huzam, and you can use #4^th, #5^th, and #6^th passing notes (relative to root note of Huzam). – If you flatten the original root note, give it a #4^th and start 2 scale degrees forward, you get Seghiah, where you can then use passing notes (relative to root note of Seghiah) #4^th, and b2^nd (above the ovtave) To Modulate to Hijazkiar, Nihavent, and Pireotikos – G Minor ~ G Nihavent ~ D Hijazkiar ~ D Pireotikos – If you give it a #4^th and #7^th you get Nihavent – If you give it a #4^th and #7^th and start 4 scale degrees forward / 3 back you get Hijazkiar – If you give it a #1^st, #4^th and #7^th and start 4 scale degrees forward / 3 back you get Pireotikos To modulate to another root note within the same scale: – G Minor ~ D Minor ~ C Minor – Give it a #6^th and start 3 scale degrees back to get Minor with different root note but similar character – Give it a b2^nd start 3 scale degrees forward to get Minor with different root note but similar character

Modulation Suggestions: E Sabah ð B Minor G Minor ð D Ussak ð Bb Major
Modulation Possibilities: G Minor ð D Minor ð C Minor G Minor ð Bb Major ð C Dorian ð D Ussak
G Minor ð Bb Rast ð Bb Huzam ð Bb Segiah G Minor ð C Roumaniko ð D Hijaz ð G Harmonic Minor G Minor ð D Hijazkiar ð G Nihavent ð D Pireotikos
Pentatonic Makam
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