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What is the natural minor scale also known as?

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The Aeolian mode.

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What are the notes of the natural minor scale?

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1, 2, flat 3, 4, 5, flat 6, flat 7.

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What is the tonic chord in C natural minor?

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C minor.

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What is the supertonic chord in C natural minor?

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D diminished.

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What is the mediant chord in C natural minor?

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E flat major.

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What is the subdominant chord in C natural minor?

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F minor.

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What is the dominant chord in C natural minor?

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G minor.

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What is the submediant chord in C natural minor?

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A flat major.

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What is the subtonic chord in C natural minor?

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B flat major.

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What are the seventh chords in the natural minor scale?

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  1. C minor 7, 2. D minor 7 flat 5, 3. E flat major 7, 4. F minor 7, 5. G Dominant 7, 6. A flat major 7, 7. B flat 7.
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What is the ascending melodic minor scale?

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1, 2, flat 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

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What is the tonic chord in C melodic minor?

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C minor.

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What is the mediant chord in C melodic minor?

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E flat augmented.

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What is the dominant chord in C melodic minor?

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G major.

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What is the leading tone chord in C melodic minor?

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B diminished.

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What is the harmonic minor scale?

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1, 2, flat 3, 4, 5, flat 6, major 7.

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What is the tonic chord in C harmonic minor?

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C minor.

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What is the augmented chord in C harmonic minor?

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E flat augmented.

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What is the dominant chord in C harmonic minor?

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G major.

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What is the seventh chord in C harmonic minor?

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B diminished.

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What are the three parent minor scales discussed?

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Natural minor, melodic minor, and harmonic minor.

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What is the difference between the melodic minor and harmonic minor scales?

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Melodic minor has a major 6th and7th, while harmonic minor has a major 7th.

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What is the formula for the natural minor scale?

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1, 2, flat 3, 4, 5, flat 6, flat 7.

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What is the formula for the melodic minor scale?

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1, 2, flat 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.

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What is the formula for the harmonic minor scale?
1, 2, flat 3, 4, 5, flat 6, major 7.
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What are modes in music?
Usually, they refer to the modes of the major scale.
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Name the modes of the major scale.
Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolidian, Aeolian, Locrian.
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What is a mode?
It is like an inversion of a scale.
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What is the harmonic minor?
It is a scale formed by raising the seventh note of the natural minor scale.
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How can the second note of the harmonic minor scale be treated?
As the overtone.
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Name the modes of the harmonic minor.
Minor Harmonic, Locrian 6º♮, Augmented Ionian, Ukrainian Dorian, Dominant Phrygian, Lydian 9º♯, Ultralocrian.
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What is Locrian 6º♮?
It is the second mode of the harmonic minor scale, which sounds unusual.
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What is Augmented Ionian?
It is a major scale with the fifth degree raised.
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What is the Ukrainian Dorian?
It is a Dorian scale with the fourth degree raised, used in Ukrainian folklore.
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What is Phrygian Dominant?
It is a major version of the Phrygian scale, which includes a major third.
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What is Ultralocrian?
It is the seventh mode of the harmonic minor scale, similar to the locrian but with the double flat seventh.
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What is the scale-chord relationship?
It is the concept of using different scales to improvise over different chords.
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What is the Maqam Hijaz scale?
It is the Arabic name for the dominant Phrygian scale, used in Middle Eastern music.
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Which songs use the dominant Phrygian scale?
"Naughty Girl" and "Beautiful Liar" by Beyoncé.
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Name the modes of the melodic minor.
Melodic minor, Dorian 2nd♭, Lydian Augmented, Lydian Dominant, Mixolidian 6th♭, Aeolian 5th♭, Superlocrian.
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What is the Dorian 2º♭?
It is a mode derived from the melodic minor scale, with a flat second degree.
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What characterizes Augmented Lydian?
It is similar to the Lydian scale, but with a sharp fifth degree.
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What is the Dominant Lydian?
It is a scale that resembles the Lydian, but has a lowered seventh degree.
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What is Mixolydian 6º♭?
It is a mode derived from the Mixolydian scale, but with a flat sixth degree.
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What is Superlocrian?
It is the seventh mode of the melodic minor scale, which is dark and dissonant.
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What is an altered scale?
It is a scale used over altered chords, such as the dominant chord.
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What is the chord-scale relationship in jazz?
What is the chord-scale relationship in jazz?
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What is a half-diminished chord?
It is a minor chord with a seventh and a flatted fifth.
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What is the altered chord?
It is a dominant chord that has been modified by raising or lowering its fifth or ninth degree.
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How does the melodic minor scale differ when played ascending versus descending in classical music?
It is played with a raised 6th and 7th ascending and reverts to the natural minor scale descending.
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What is the relationship between the natural minor scale and the chords built from it?
The 1 chord is minor, the 2 chord is diminished, the 3 chord is major, the 4 chord is minor, the 5 chord is minor, the 6 chord is major, and the 7 chord is major.
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What is the primary use of the melodic minor scale?
It is commonly used in jazz and film scoring.
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What are the modes derived from the melodic minor scale?
Melodic minor, Dorian flat 2, Lydian augmented, Mixolydian sharp 11, Mixolydian flat 6, Locrian natural 2, and altered dominant.
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What is the formula for the harmonic minor scale?
Flat 3 and flat 6, with an augmented second between the flat 6 and the major 7.
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How is the harmonic minor scale typically used in music?
It is often used in neoclassical metal and for creating a Spanish or Arabic sound.
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What is the difference between Dorian and Aeolian modes?
Dorian has a natural 6, while Aeolian has a flat 6.
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How can musicians incorporate different minor scales into their improvisation?
By using different scales based on the chord progression, such as switching between Aeolian, Dorian, and modes of the melodic minor.
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What is the significance of using your ear in music learning?
It helps in identifying sounds and developing musical ideas before intellectualizing them.
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What is the suggested approach to learning and incorporating new musical concepts?
earn in fragments, gradually adding complexity to what you already know.

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