Week 6 Blogger

Jonelle Cunningham

September 29, 2022

Lesson 5&6: Minor Scales and Diatonic Modes

Lecture Notes:

1. A Minor Scale can be defined as a diatonic scale having a semitone between the second and third degrees and of several intervallic arrangements above the fifth according to thefreedictionary.com

2. The Three forms of minor scale would be:

Harmonic minor- a harmonic minor is a minor scale in which the seventh degree of that scale is raised by a half step in order to create a leading tone
Natural Minor- is the most basic form of the minor scale as its pitches match the pitches of the relative major of the harmonic minor
Melodic Minor- The Melodic Minor Scale is unique, when this scale is ascending the 6th and 7th pitches are raised and when descending the 6th and 7th are returned to its natural pitches.

3. The parts of the minor scale Degrees are

Tonic, Supertonic, Mediant, subdominant, dominant, submediant, raised submedient, subtonic, leading tone, and Tonic

4. Scale degrees 3,6, and 7 make the diffrence in sound between the major and minor keys

This video was particularly helpful because they gave me a definition of what a mode is why it is used and examples of the different modes in C major for clarity.