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How to work out scales / natural minor scale



Natural Minor Scale on Guitar

Here is a scale reference of all 12 notes used in western music:

Chromatic-scale reference

G, G# , A , A# , B , C , C# , D , D# , E , F , F# , G , G# , A , A# etc

The natural-minor step pattern:

Tone , Semitone , Tone , Tone , Semitone , Tone , Tone

If we take the example of C; a tone up from C is D, a semitone up from D is D#. The next two steps are tone's, giving us F & G. Next is a semitone step from G, which is G#. Finally, two more tone-steps which gives us A# and then ending on our root-note of C.

The C natural-minor scale is therefore:

C , D , D# , F , G , G# , A# , C

As with the major-scale, click here for a table that you can fill out. It will open in a new window / tab. Once you complete this table, you will have a record of the natural-minor scale in all 12 possible keys.


Follow these links to work out the minor pentatonic and/or major pentatonic scales -

* Minor pentatonic scale * Major pentatonic scale *