I first became aware of the harmonic minor scale back in high school, originally as an abstract entity I learned in music theory class, in which the seventh note of the natural minor scale was raised ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Alain BENAINOUS/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images There are a number of different minor scales ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Here's a simplified tale of music theory. The seventh note of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Major and minor scales are music’s Yin and Yang. Major scales convey a happy, cheerful mood, ...

Only the order of tones and semitones is different. Both keys have the same key signature, shown here:. Because they share the same key signature and the same notes, it is common to modulate or change ...

Better Ears (US$24.99) is a new Mac app that teaches you music theory while enhancing your hearing through training exercises. Do you know your intervals? Your minor second, fifth or major seventh ...

A simplification of this scheme leads to a tuning method – “just intonation” – that involves smaller ratios and is more ...