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Chopin and His Europe Festival Returns

Warsaw is once again gearing up for one of its annual musical highlights. The 21st edition of the Chopin and His Europe Festival kicked off on 20 August and runs until 6 September, packing in 29 concerts featuring a mix of world-renowned soloists, orchestras, and chamber ensembles. Read more

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Topic: Minor scales (Read 1768 times)

kghayesh

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Minor scales

on: May 19, 2005, 10:22:57 AM

When learning harmonic/melodic minor scales, does one have to first learn natural minors before learning them???

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Rach3

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Re: Minor scales

Reply #1 on: May 19, 2005, 10:24:42 AM

No reason to.

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abell88

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Re: Minor scales

Reply #2 on: May 19, 2005, 12:49:25 PM

Not for playing, but it's good to be aware that they are where the harmonic and minor scales come from...many people have never heard of the natural minor.

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robertp

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Re: Minor scales

Reply #3 on: May 19, 2005, 01:00:28 PM

There's another reason, not so good as the ones given, but of modest merit.

You go to a new teacher. Teacher asks for a minor. You uncork the harmonic minor. Then Teacher asks for the other two. Tilt

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