| This isn't much of a book since it leaves out a lot of info. None the less, Once you learn the major scale in all keys, then it is easy to learn the natural minor scale as well. The major scale has it's relative natural minor scale. That is both scales have exactly the same notes. That may be why the book left out this info, because once you learn every major scale, you really have also learned every natural minor scale as well. To bad the book didn't explain it.
Here is how to find the relative minor scale from any major key.
Take any major scale, let's say the G major, which has one sharp, that's F#
now play 3 notes down from G, which is the root note of the G scale, now you are on E.
Now play the scale using the same notes as the G major which has only 1 sharp (F#) and now you have the E minor scale.
Play it and you can hear minor sound which is sad sounding compared to the happy major sound.
As you will see, lower any major scale by a third from the root, and you will have it's relative minor scale. Different keys have more sharps or flats so you must count down a third using those same sharps or flats as well.
The chords are relevant to major and minor as well and are based off those scales. The minor triad chords start a third below the root just like the minor scale and are exactly the same chords as the major.
There is a lot of basic theory to be learned and you could do it yourself, but I would recommend a teacher to guide you along if you are serious about learning music the correct way.
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Last edited by fourstringburn : 02-27-2011 at 10:27 PM.
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