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Major, harmonic minor and melodic minor scales

Music theory, Keys and scales, 16 minutes

The major scale pattern, the harmonic minor with its raised 7th, and the melodic minor, new at Grade 3, which raises the 6th and 7th going up and falls back coming down.

Major and harmonic minor, recapped

Scales are written in semibreves, one octave, going up or coming down.

Major: tone, tone, semitone, tone, tone, tone, semitone.
Harmonic minor: the notes of the key signature with the 7th raised, going up and coming down.

B harmonic minor: A sharp is the raised 7th, written as an accidental

The rest of this lesson and its 6 practice questions are in Plus.

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6 exam-style questions, marked as you go, each with a worked solution
Anything you get wrong is saved to your flashcards

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