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Identify: Natural minor scale.

Sad or melancholy sound; no strong leading tone.

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Identify: Natural minor scale.
Sad or melancholy sound; no strong leading tone.
Identify: Harmonic minor scale.
Dramatic sound; strong leading tone.
Identify: Melodic minor scale.
Smooth sound; different ascending and descending.
What alterations create a harmonic minor scale?
Raise the 7th degree of the natural minor scale.
What are the ascending alterations in melodic minor?
Raise the 6th and 7th degrees.
What is the i chord quality in minor?
Minor.
What is the ii chord quality in minor?
Diminished (ii°).
What is the III chord quality in minor?
Major (III).
What is the V chord quality in harmonic minor?
Major (V).
What is the pattern of whole and half steps in natural minor?
W-H-W-W-H-W-W
What is the formula for finding the relative minor of a major key?
Go down three half steps from the major key's tonic.
What is the solfege for the 3rd in minor?
Me
What is the solfege for the 6th in minor?
Le
What is the solfege for the raised 7th in harmonic minor?
Ti
What alterations create a natural minor scale from its parallel major?
Flatten the 3rd, 6th, and 7th scale degrees.
How is a harmonic minor scale constructed?
Raise (sharp) the 7th scale degree of the natural minor scale.
Describe the ascending form of the melodic minor scale.
Raise (sharp) both the 6th and 7th scale degrees of the natural minor scale.
Describe the descending form of the melodic minor scale.
Use the natural minor scale (cancel the sharps from the ascending form).
What is the i chord in a minor key?
A minor chord.
What is the ii chord in a minor key?
Usually a fully diminished chord (ii°), but sometimes half-diminished (iiø) if the 6th is raised.
What is the III chord in a minor key?
Usually a major chord (III).
What is the V chord in a minor key?
A major chord (V) created by sharping the 7th degree of the scale.
What is the solfege for the 3rd degree in a minor key?
"Me" (flat 3rd)
What is the solfege for the 6th degree in a minor key?
"Le" (flat 6th)
What is the solfege for the raised 6th degree in a melodic minor key?
"La"