Major & minor
C harmonic minor scale
Minor with a raised 7th: an exotic, classical sound with a strong pull back home.
- Notes
- CDE♭FGA♭B
- Formula
- 12♭345♭67
- Steps
- WHWWHW+HH
How to play the C harmonic minor scale
On guitar
e|----------------------------------------------10-11-13-| B|-------------------------------------9--12-13----------| G|----------------------------8--10-12-------------------| D|-------------------9--10-12----------------------------| A|----------8--10-11-------------------------------------| E|-8--10-11----------------------------------------------|
Position 1 · frets 8–13
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|-------------2-3-| E|-------1---------| C|-0-2-3-----------| G|---------0-1-----|
Position 1 · frets 0–3
All 7 positions with neck diagrams →Chords in the C harmonic minor scale
Stack every other note of the scale to build a chord on each degree.
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