Major & minor
A natural minor scale · also called the Aeolian mode
The standard minor scale — sad, serious or dramatic.
Its relative major is C major — same notes, different home note. See all the chords in the key of A minor.
- Notes
- ABCDEFG
- Formula
- 12♭345♭6♭7
- Steps
- WHWWHWW
How to play the A natural minor scale
On guitar
e|----------------------------------------------7--8--10-| B|-------------------------------------6--8--10----------| G|----------------------------5--7--9--------------------| D|-------------------5--7--9-----------------------------| A|----------5--7--8--------------------------------------| E|-5--7--8-----------------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 5–10
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →On piano
Right hand: 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5
Fingering for both hands & notation →On ukulele
A|-----------0-2-3-| E|-----0-1---------| C|-0-2-------------| G|---------0-------|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →Chords in the A natural minor scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
Sounds great over
