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A Harmonic Minor Scale notes: A B C D E F G# (R 2 b3 4 5 b6 7). See all 10 positions on an interactive guitar fretboard and hear each one played. Free, with 20,000+ shapes.

A Harmonic Minor
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Tunings

Current tuning: Standard

Note: Scale, chord and arpeggio positions are worked out for every tuning, so some may stretch wider or be fewer than in Standard. Learning and Song shapes are written for Standard, so those pages always show Standard tuning.

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AHarmonic Minor Scale
Notes

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

Degrees

R, 2, b3, 4, 5, b6, 7

Intervals

R, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 3

Playback settings

90 BPM

A Harmonic Minor Scale

The Harmonic Minor Scale is the Minor Scale with its 7th raised a half step. That one change gives a minor key a major V chord, with a strong pull back home, and opens a gap of a step and a half between the 6th and 7th, the source of its exotic, neoclassical sound. Bach used it constantly, and so does Yngwie Malmsteen, especially over the V chord of a minor key.

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