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The scale is called the harmonic minor scale because it is a common foundation for harmonies (chords) in minor keys. Traditionally, "the main use for harmonic minor, when improvising or creating melodies, is over the V7 chord, not for use over the i chord ."
Harmonic minor scale: Harmonic minor scale on C. Play ... Bebop scale; Chord-scale system; Heptatonic scale; Jazz scale; List of chord progressions; List of chords;
the ascending melodic minor scale or jazz minor scale (also known as the Ionian ♭ 3 or Dorian ♯ 7): this form of the scale is also the 5th mode of the acoustic scale. the descending melodic minor scale: this form is identical to the natural minor scale . The ascending and descending forms of the A melodic minor scale are shown below:
1 Scale degree chords. 2 Well-known compositions in A minor. ... The A harmonic minor and melodic minor scales are: Audio playback is not supported in your browser.
The seventh scale degree is very often raised a half step to form a leading tone, making the dominant chord (V) a major chord (i.e. V major instead of v minor) and the subtonic chord (vii), a diminished chord (vii o, instead of ♭ VII). This version of minor scale is called the harmonic minor scale.
The chord occurs on the tonic when harmonizing the harmonic minor scale in seventh chords. That is, the first, third, fifth, and seventh scale degrees of the harmonic minor scale form a minor major seventh chord, as shown below.
Lee Oskar specially tunes harmonicas to allow players to play a natural minor or major scale from 2 draw to 6 blow, or a harmonic minor scale from 4 blow to 7 blow. Below are some sample layouts (the key labels describe the scale from 2 draw to 6 blow, whereas traditional harmonicas are labelled according to the scale between 4 and 8 blow).
A vii o 7 chord in the minor key (for example, in C minor, B ♮ –D–F–A ♭) occurs naturally in the harmonic minor scale and is equivalent to the dominant 7 ♭ 9 chord (G–B–D–F–A ♭) without its root.