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Design
and construction of minor scales
The basic minor scale (natural
minor) is represented by
the white keys of the piano that span the octave from A to A. Note
there are half steps between pitches 2 and 3 and between pitches
5 and 6. All other steps are whole steps. The natural minor scale
is the same as the aeolian mode discussed in Lesson 3.


The major scale studied in the previous lesson
and the natural minor scale both consist of seven scale degrees.
Each scale has two half steps and five whole steps (they are diatonic
scales). It is the difference in the location of the two half
steps in the scale that determines the mode.
  
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