Minor scales
Minor scales are scales with a b3.
- Natural minor or Aeolian mode: 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7. C natural minor: C - D - Eb - F - G - Ab - Bb - C. Compared to melodic minor it contains a b6, and a b7.
- Harmonic minor: 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, 7. C harmonic minor contains these notes: C - D - Eb - F - G - Ab - B - C
- Melodic minor (ascending), as used in jazz: 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, 6, 7. Like a major scale with a flat third. C Melodic Minor: C - D - Eb - F - G - A - B.
- Melodic minor (descending): 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7. C Melodic Minor descending: C - D - Eb - F - G - Ab - Bb.
- Melodic minor pentatonic: 1, 2, b3, 5, 6. C melodic minor pentatonic is: C - D - Eb - G - A
- Pentatonic minor: 1, b3, 4, 5, b7. C pentatonic minor: C - Eb - F - G - Bb
- Blues scale (adds a flat fifth to the pentatonic minor): 1, b3, 4, b5, 5, b7. C Blues Scale: C - Eb - F - Gb - G - Bb - C
- Three of the modes of the major scale are minor:
- Dorian: 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, 6, b7. D dorian: D - E - F - G - A - B - C
- Phrygian: 1, b2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7. This is the third mode of the major scale: E - F - G - A - B - C - D
- Aeolian mode: 1, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, b7. Aeolian is the sixth mode of the major scale. A - B - C - D - E - F - G
- Locrian: 1, b2, b3, 4, b5, b6, b7. The seventh mode of the major scale: B - C - D - E - F - G - A
- Super-Locrian or the altered scale: 1, b2, b3, 3, b4, b5, b6, b7. Is a mode of the harmonic minor scale. diminished whole tone scale with a flat fourth: C - Db - Eb - E - Gb - Ab - Bb.
For more scales check out jazzguitarpro.com's online tools: the GuitarCodex applet, Chords and Scales applet, and the flash Scales finder.