I'm having some trouble with...
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I can't seem to be able to form the E Minor scale properly...
I think I misundertood something...
When I do it myself, I get:
E F# G# A B C D E
While according to the chart, it's:
E F# G A B C D(#) E
What am I doing wrong? It's tone-tone-semitone(go back one step because it's minor, or ignoring this alltogether)-tone-tone-tone-semitone.
Also, why is the sharp symbol in parantheses?
It depends which minor scale you look at:
Natural minor: E F# G A B C D E
Melodic minor: E F# G A B C# D E
Harmonic minor: E F# G A B C D# E
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Melodic minor: E F# G A B C# D E
Actually, the Melodic has the D# when ascending. When descending, you just use the natural minor. Although if you're using the "jazz minor" (same notes sa melodic), you use the same notes when descending.
What am I doing wrong? It's tone-tone-semitone(go back one step because it's minor, or ignoring this alltogether)-tone-tone-tone-semitone.
I think maybe you are building a E major scale rather than an E minor scale. Take a look at the section of the article that focuses on relative minors. Â You can see that an Eminor scale has all the same notes as a G major scale, it just starts on E rather than G. Â Put in pattern form, you get tone-semitone-tone-tone-semitone-tone-tone. Â (E-F#-G-A-B-C-D-E)
Hope this helps more than it hinders,
Olive  :)
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