EMT Lesson Two How to build musical scales
EMT Lesson Two How to build musical scales
The ‘natural’ minor is also known as the ‘relative’ minor. This means it is related to a major scale. This relationship will be explained later in the course in ‘How to understand key signatures’.
A natural minor scale is formed by the following sequence of intervals:
Tone, Semitone, Tone, Tone, Semitone, Tone, Tone
Figure 7. The scale of A natural minor (Enlarge)
Figure 8. Notes and intervals of A natural minor scale (Enlarge)
The notes of the A natural (relative) minor scale are therefore: A,B,C,D,E,F,G,A
