#Harmonic minor scales how to

Why? Because singing out loud requires you to actively process the sounds at a much deeper level than merely passively listening.

Singing the Solfege syllables out loud is the most effective way to internalize the unique sound-feeling of each note in any musical scale.

#Harmonic minor scales how to

LetвЂ™s take a moment to talk about how to get the most benefit from the Solfege ear training studies belowвЂ¦ We will learn more about this when we study chord progressions.В That said, this does not mean that the вЂњnaturalвЂќ and вЂњmelodicвЂќ minors are вЂњun-harmonicвЂќ or that the harmonic minor is un-melodic or un-natural! Solfege Ear Training The V chord is essential to making the overwhelming majority of European classical music tick. This particular minor scale is called вЂњharmonic вЂќ because Ti is the tension-filled tone that defines the dominant ( V) chord. This attraction is so strong that it is called the leading tone because it leads the ear back to the key center Do. Ti has an extremely strong melodic-harmonic pull towards the key center 1(Do). Pay special attention to the unique pull each note has toward Do. Play and sing the Natural Minor Scale and Harmonic Minor Scale side-by-side, slowly enough to hear the melodic-harmonic difference between Ti and Te. The only notes one needs to fuss over are b6(Le), 6(La), b7(Te), and b7(Ti).

Notice that all minor scales use the same penta-scale: DoвЂ“ ReвЂ“ MeвЂ“ FaвЂ“ So.

The only thing that changes when you change keys are the letter names.

The Solfege syllables of the Harmonic Minor Scale are always Do-Re-Me-Fa-So-Le-Ti-Do, no matter what key you are in.

The scale structure of the Harmonic Minor Scale is always 1-2-b3-4-5-b6-7-1, no matter what key you are in.

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