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Why are there three types of minor scales and how to find all the notes (Part 2)

IMMAGINE-PENTAGRAMMA4How to find all the notes of the minor scales

Today I will show you a sure method which will enable you to find instantly the notes of all three types of minor scales.
As you will see, this will be very useful in all cases, not only in harmony and composition but also in playing scales at the piano or on other instruments … It will no longer be necessary to memorize the notes or find them on the music piece. In each moment you will be able to find them on your own.

The relations between musical scales

However I think this lesson is fundamental also for another reason: The introduction of three minor scales will open the door to another universe. Thanks to these minor scales, everything from harmony to composition will appear differently. The simple introduction of minor scales offers many new opportunities. So let’s start exploring this new universe…

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6 videos 48 mins
Intro 1m 15s
1. How to find all the notes of minor scales pt.1 8m 12s
2. How to find all the notes of minor scales pt.2 7m 30s
3. Two examples of applying this method 11m 22s
4. The minor keys 9m 00s
5. The relations between major and minor scales 12m 07s
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Chords in minor Keys – we learn to build and use them in an effective way (part 1)

armonia1Building chords in minor keys

Up to now we have only talked about major keys.
Now, to look at harmony more in depth, we also consider minor keys and as you can see in this way we will discover a new world.

In fact we will learn to build chords at the piano using minor scales.

But the problem is:

Which minor scale should we use to build chords?

Today we will answer this question and learn to use chords in a minor key which will give us many new opportunities.
To understand how important this topic is, I want to point out that in pop music we often use chords of minor keys.

Since this topic is very important, I have divided this lesson into 2 parts, in order to understand it more in depth.

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4 videos 31 mins
Intro 2m 40s
1. Building chords in a minor key 7m 10s
2. How to build chords using the harmonic and melodic minor scale 10m 08s
3. How to use all these chords in a very effective way 11m 18s
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