Re: [Harp-L] Harmonic Minor Modes?

[Winslow Yerxa <winslowyerxa@xxxxxxxxx>]

All scales have modes, and harmonic minor is no exception.

If you take A natural minor:

A B C D E F G

And raise the 7th degree of the scale you get

A B C D E F G#

Now, the fifth mode of this scale gives you

E F G# A B C D

Try playing this and you'll recognize something that sounds like flamenco, with the characteristic flat 2nd degree (F) and major 3rd degree (G#).

I haven't explored the modes of this scale in any detail, so I'll stop with that one obvious example.

Winslow

--- On Fri, 8/22/08, Joseph Bernard <bjosephmex@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Joseph Bernard <bjosephmex@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [Harp-L] Harmonic Minor Modes?
To: harp-l@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, August 22, 2008, 8:20 AM

Does the harmonic minor scale have modes like the western scale?


      
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