How Do You Read Music (The Minor Scale)?
In our last installment of How To Read Music (The Major Scale), we covered the notes that comprise the major scale This time we will cover something a bit more sad: the minor scale. The minor scale (Aeolian mode) is considered the sixth scale in a series of seven church modes. The major scale brought us feelings of joy and happiness, whereas the minor scale may bring us down a bit, but we’ll be happy that it did. The minor scale is broken down in terms of whole-steps (two semitones) and half-steps (semitone). If we use the letter W to indicate a whole step and a leeter H to indicate a half-step the formula reads like this: W – H – W – W – H – W – W If we were to begin with the note C the scale would be spelled like this: C,D,Eb,F,G,Ab,Bb,C The notes would start from the note C and span the length to the next octave ending on note C. Note the flat (b) signs used in the key signature to determine the notes that will be lowered. If we were to begin with the note A to create our minor scal
