Learning Harmonic and Melodic Minor Scales

An introduction to Harmonic minor scale and learn to build Harmonic and Melodic Minor Scale

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Harmonic Minor Scale on Guitar

In this hub you will learn how to create Harmonic and Melodic minor scales on guitar and how to use them. But before that it is necessary to have an understanding of Major and Minor scales.

Learning scales is very important for a musician to improve his playing skills, knowing the notes well, increasing the finger memory and it gives a better understanding of the notes on the instrument in different octaves and also the playing speed. Be it a guitarist or a pianist or any other musician.

In conventional western music, there are two scales that are critical. They are Major and Minor scales. Major scales when played will give a very happy tone where as Minor scale gives a 'Sad' mood when rendered. Where as Diminished Scales give a more tensed feeling. And that is the main reason why Minor scales are more popular than Major scales.

The Minor scales were always improved by the musicians to give different and pleasing scales to the audience. There are two Minor scales that are very popular with guitarists, they are Harmonic Minor and Melodic Minor scales.

Erik covers some of the harder to play harmonic moves.

Harmonic and Melodic Minor Scale Formulae