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Minor Scales, Their Chords and Progressions.
J.Brent©2003
For anyone with a reasonable level of theory knowledge, there are probably few surprises here (except possibly that there are actually FOUR minor scales, instead of only three, as most theory books state).
I originally wrote this article because I was interested in knowing all of the possible chords that could be built off the varying degrees of those four minor scales using tertian harmony.
Since I couldn't find a full chart online or in any books, I was obliged to do the work myself
(qv. "Chord Tables" & "Cross-Referenced Chord Tables" in the Table of Contents below).
Table of Contents
A Brief Explanation of
the Tetrachords used in this Lesson
Tetrachords can be thought of as "half-scales". "Tetra"
means "four". A tetrachord is commonly considered to be "four consecutive
notes".
An example of a minor tetrachord
is this collection of adjacent musical notes:
A B C D
The tetrachords used in this lesson include:
Major Tetrachord = R-W-W-H
Minor Tetrachord = R-W-H-W
Phrygian Tetrachord = R-H-W-W
Harmonic Tetrachord = R-H-m3-H
Other tetrachords exist, but are not used in this lesson.
So I have not included them.
To see this article in its original (and printable) form, visit http://Guitar-Lessons-Riverside-CA.com/Lessons/minors.html
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© 2003 Jeff Brent
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