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Topic: minor scale systems  (Read 1281 times)

Offline renfroejames

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minor scale systems
on: February 17, 2010, 08:52:33 PM
Hi,
I was wondering if someone could explain to me why the harmonic minor scale is played the same way whether it is descending or ascending, while the melodic minor scale ( with raised 6 and 7) is played ascending but the natural minor is played descending. 
Also, let’s say I was composing an ascending melody using the melodic minor scale – do I need to use specific notes going up but vary them going down? My confused logic would say yes because I need to play the natural minor while descending.
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