jrintaha
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Browsing through an ABRSM scale book I've had for quite a while, not really used it for anything, I just noticed that there are no natural minors in the required scales. The melodic minor scale ascends as what I understand as the melodic minor (example: C D Eb F G A B), but descends as a natural minor (C D Eb F G Ab Bb), whereas the harmonic minors ascend and descend as the same harmonic minor.
What is the reasoning behind this? I've always played mostly natural minor scales, since they're far more common than melodic ones. As a matter of fact, I can't really name any tunes off the top of my head that go in melodic minor. (But could probably list hundreds in natural or harmonic minor or dorian scales.)
What is the reasoning behind this? I've always played mostly natural minor scales, since they're far more common than melodic ones. As a matter of fact, I can't really name any tunes off the top of my head that go in melodic minor. (But could probably list hundreds in natural or harmonic minor or dorian scales.)