Minor Scales: What You HAVEN'T Been Taught and Need to Hear

[@annadad2023]

This really brings me back to my older music theory day, very cool! I remember when we were in class, some people were having trouble figuring out the relative major/minor or augmented/diminished for each note. For example, what is the opposite of a major sixth? I told them that music equals the number nine. If you can remember that the opposite of major is minor and the opposite of augmented is diminished, then whatever number you start with (take for example a major 4th) equal it up to nine and add the opposite. So the opposite is a minor 5th. Music equals nine!

[@KYLETEACHESBASSYT]

Dude. That's a great little shortcut!

[@tommytommy11]

What a great lesson! Bro, you can really teach this musical things. Thank you so much for sharing knowledge in so easy to understandable way 👏💪👍

[@KYLETEACHESBASSYT]

@@tommytommy11 thank you! really appreciate you watching, and really glad it was understandable and helpful!

[@petefirch]

This is an excellent explanation of something that isn't easy to explain. It's taken my understanding up a few more steps. Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to produce this 🙏

[@KYLETEACHESBASSYT]

@@petefirch my pleasure brother happy to hear it was helpful!

[@dogmatickarma9846]

You are awesome. Such a great way of explaining this very important portion of theory that tends to be missed.

[@KYLETEACHESBASSYT]

@@dogmatickarma9846 that means a lot, thank you!

[@whatilearnttoday5295]

Harmonic minor is: A dom7 V chord in a minor key. It gives the Major 3rd on the V chord which would otherwise be a minor 3rd. This enables V-I cadences in minor keys.

[@KYLETEACHESBASSYT]

Spot on!

[@whatilearnttoday5295]

@@KYLETEACHESBASSYT Except I should write `V-i` in lowercase, perhaps even `V7-i` for clarity.

[@KYLETEACHESBASSYT]

@@whatilearnttoday5295 yes, that's the 'full credit answer!'

[@StevenDoyleLuke]

Much needed info, thank you, no one talks or teaches about this!

[@KYLETEACHESBASSYT]

Excellent...glad it was useful! Thanks for checking it out!

[@unclemick-synths]

Great lesson. Natural minor is my favourite (I love the symmetries [visual and sonic] within the root through 7th). And the elephant in the room appeals to me: at what point in history did C major usurp A natural minor as the foundation? They didn't start counting at C just to troll music students and it's no accident that the lowest note on the piano is an A. 😎

[@KYLETEACHESBASSYT]

@@unclemick-synths what a great question! It would make more sense for things to be based around A minor.. I guess somewhere down the line the sound of a major scale just became the standard that everything else relates to..

[@carloadapimps6870]

awesome

[@checho68]

Love it when things start clicking…

[@KYLETEACHESBASSYT]

Love to hear that!

[@TrosienOrthodontics]

Great lesson! Question: in discussing the use of melodic minor in jazz, you talk about the natural 6th. I’m assuming you mean natural, as in not flatted to F, correct? Because the 6th in A melodic minor would be F# not F natural, right?

[@KYLETEACHESBASSYT]

@@TrosienOrthodontics this is an excellent question, because it can get very confusing...when talking about any scale or chord, saying "natural 6" is a synonym for "major 6th," or "the 6th note of the major scale" EVEN THOUGH in this case that note is an F-SHARP! It's confusing...I probably should have used "major 6th" to be more clear, I'm just so used to hearing it the other way!

[@resesgrss]

Mozart looking fresh😂

[@KYLETEACHESBASSYT]

@@resesgrss 😂 it's an actual artist rendering of course