#D HARMONIC MINOR SCALE HOW TO#

Perfect 8th: The 8th note of the scale is D.Major 7th: The 7th note of the scale is C#.Major 6th: The 6th note of the scale is B.Perfect 5th: The 5th note of the scale is A.Tonic: The 1st note of the D melodic minor scale is D.(W-H-W-W-W-W-H) The descending formula is the natural minor scale formula backwards. The formula for a melodic minor scale is whole step вЂ“ half step вЂ“ whole step вЂ“ whole step вЂ“ whole step вЂ“ whole step вЂ“ half step. The notes of the A melodic minor scale descending are: D, E, F, G, A, Bb, and C (D natural minor scale). The notes of the D melodic minor scale ascending are: D, E, F, G, A, B, and C#. D Melodic Minor ScaleДЇor the melodic minor scale, you raise the sixth and seventh notes of a scale by a half step as you go up the scale and then return to the natural minor as you go down the scale. HereвЂ™s a diagram of the harmonic D minor scale on piano. Perfect 4th: The 4th note of the scale is G.Minor 3rd: The 3rd note of the scale is F.Major 2nd: The 2nd note of the scale is E.Tonic: The 1st note of the D harmonic minor scale is D.(Whole step вЂ“ half step вЂ“ whole step вЂ“ whole step вЂ“ half step вЂ“ whole step and a 1/2 step вЂ“ half step.) The formula for forming a harmonic minor scale is W-H-W-W-H-W 1/2-H.

Harmonic D Minor Scale = D, E, F, G, A, Bв™, C#, D Natural D Minor Scale = D, E, F, G, A, Bв™, C, D To play a harmonic minor scale, you simply raise the seventh note of the natural minor scale by a half-step as you go up and down the scale. LetвЂ™s now take a look at the D harmonic minor scale. What are the chords in the key of D minor natural? All about the key of Dm and its chords. LetвЂ™s now take a look at the chords in the key of D minor.

#D HARMONIC MINOR SCALE HOW TO#

Video вЂ“ How to Play Dm Scale on piano/keyboard: Thumb: 1, index finger: 2, middle finger: 3, ring finger: 4 and pinky finger: 5. What are the fingerings for the D minor scale? They are as follows: Lastly, one more whole step returns us to D, one octave higher. To build a D natural minor scale, starting on D, we take a whole step to E. вЂњWвЂќ stands for whole step and вЂњHвЂќ stands for half step. The formula for forming a natural (or pure) minor scale is W-H-W-W-H-W-W. As weвЂ™ve seen, the D natural minor uses these same notes, except that the sixth note of the major scale becomes the root note of its relative minor. The notes of the F major scale are F, G, A, Bв™, C, D and E.

A natural minor scale/key consists of the same notes as its relative major. The relative major key for the key of D minor is F major. HereвЂ™s the Dm scale on the piano keyboard. HereвЂ™s the D minor scale on the treble clef.

Perfect 8th: D (one octave higher) is the 8th note of the D natural minor scale.

Minor 7th: C is the 7th note of the scale.

Minor 6th: Bb is the 6th note of the scale.

Perfect 5th: A is the 5th note of the scale.

Perfect 4th: G is the 4th note of the scale.

Minor 3rd: F is the 3rd note of the scale.

Major 2nd: E is the 2nd note of the scale.

Tonic: D is the 1st note of the D natural minor scale.

To learn more about this scale and others, check out my course, Learn Scales & Music Theory & Give Yourself An Upper Hand. This scale consists of the pitches, D, E, F, G, A, Bв™, and C. LetвЂ™s start with the D natural minor scale. They are the natural, melodic and harmonic minor scales.

There are three types of minor scales and we shall take a look at all of them here. If you would like to learn scales according to the order of difficulty, please refer to the graded syllabus.This lesson is all about the D minor scale. The scales here are not arranged by order of difficulty, but rather in a chronological order. For those who want to learn or revise allВ the harmonic minor scales, all scale diagrams and videos are complied here.