one or more of the 'Saved Selections' buttons is red), the 'clear all' button will be displayed. Leaving the original saved selections unchanged)Ĭlick 'lock', then you are ready to Go! 7: Clearing saved selections If you have at least one saved selection (ie. All State Scales - Chromatic, Major, melodic minor - OBOE - Pg 2 of 2. (If desired, you can then temporarily add more keys or take keys away, Alternating the 2nd Mode, the 5th mode, and the Harmonic Minor Scales. The keys of your saved selection will turn red in the key pane. The Harmonic Minor Scale: Harmonic Minor Scale Practice Routine The modes of the Harmonic Minor Scale The 2nd Mode of the Harmonic Minor Scale The 5th mode of the Harmonic Minor Scale The Minor 7 chord. Or turn your computer off, then next time you visit, your saved selection(s) will be indicated by the red buttons, ready for recalling)Ħ: Recalling a saved selection Click on one of the 'Saved Selection' buttons indicating a saved list by its red color. (Note - when you use 'Saved Selections' your selections are saved in a small cookie, which is stored on your hard drive. The corresponding selection button in the 'Saved Selections' button row will turn red, indicating you have Number you wish to save to and click 'Save'. From the little popup window, choose the selection A new button will appear - 'save this selection'. 5: Saving your selection list After making a selection list, you then have the option to save that list for future use - so you don't have to re-enter the list again.ġ: Make your custom list by clicking the black and white keys of your choice.Ģ: Click the 'lock' button. The counter displays progression through the list as selections are made. As with the other functions, the keys in your list are randomly displayed, one by one until finished.
4: Go Click 'Go' to start your selections. Keys can also beĭeselected at any time as long as the buttons are red. On unlocking, the selected buttons will turn back to red and further keys can be added if desired. 3: Unlocking the selection list The selection array can also be unlocked - as long as 'Go' hasn't been clicked. 2: Locking your selection When satisfied with your selections, click the 'Lock' button to lock the list. Ultimately, your selection is defined by which buttons are red. Turn from red back to their original black or white. Keys can be deselected by clicking on them again. On selection the button will turn red - indicating that key has been added to the array. A custom list of any number between 1Īnd 45 keys can be created. Click on a button to add that key to your selection list. The wikipedia article on the minor scale also makes reference to these ideas.Using the Custom Selection Functions 1: Making your selection The black and white buttons are representations of black and white keys on a keyboard.
It does this because in this scale, the 7th note is only 1 half-tone / semitone away from the 8th note - the octave note. I could certainly provide references, although googling "origin of the harmonic minor scale" gets a whole long list. In the melodic minor scale, the 7th note is called the leading note or leading tone because the sound of the 7th note feels like it wants to resolve and finish at the octave note, when all scale notes are played in sequence. I would be curious to hear the reason that someone downvoted the post. For example, consider the C major scale: Here you can see all the notes in the modern twelve-tone. The sequence is the same for all major scales: two whole steps, one half step, three whole steps, one half step (W, W, H, W, W, W, H).
Raising the sixth to prevent an augmented second sounded better, so they did it. The major scale is one of the diatonic scales, meaning that it is made up of five whole steps and two half steps. It's important to remember that "music theory" began not as an academic pursuit but among musicians who were using their ears: raising the seventh note in the minor mode to create a leading tone sounded better, so they did it. Using the harmonic minor scale in melodic settings would create a really ugly augmented second between the sixth and seventh scale notes, so in melodic settings the sixth is typically raised as well. In minor harmonies, the seventh scale note is almost always raised, which creates a harmonic minor. Natural minor is a mode, however I would call the harmonic and melodic minor scales functional variations of natural minor rather than strictly their own modes.